Climate, Habits, Characteristics

When asked which country the people themselves think is the happiest, a surprisingly high percentage of Bangladeshis think they are happy. Considering the fact that the majority of Bangladeshis are Muslims such as IS, which causes militant problems, there seems to be a problem that it is impossible to make a uniform judgment about how all Muslims are.

 

If you look closely at many small groups in society, you feel that the atmosphere of members or newly introduced members changes depending on the characteristics of the leader leading the atmosphere or the historical character of the existing group, but if you look at the root of the problem, there seems to be no causeless result.

 

It would be beneficial to keep in mind that the region where Islam is currently dominant coincides surprisingly with the world's harshest desert climate. In fact, in the harshest natural environments such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Sudan, the strictest form of Islam thrives, and in milder environments such as Indonesia, the Malay Peninsula, and Bangladesh, moderate Islam seems to dominate.

 

- Of the [Why Geography Matters] by Michigan State University geography professor Harm de Blij -

 

In addition to climate, Professor Harm de Blij's book describes the fact that Islamic doctrine's harsh punishment of apostates and nostalgic feelings about the territorial and cultural glory of Ottoman Turks in the past serve as the source of Islamic terrorism.

 

I always wondered how North Korea was coping with the lack of food, which is a basic condition for people's livelihoods. However, I wondered if North Korea was accustomed to the traditionally crop-deficient environment, such as barren soil or a cold climate. Prior to the Japanese colonial period, there was no concern about the food problem due to the small distribution of the population and the possible movement of food from the south, which is a grainy area. However, it is believed that the North faced a more severe situation when the whole country suffered from food shortages due to the Japanese occupation and exploitation of the country in Japanese colonial era. It is possible to speculate that the difficult food situation may have further strengthened class consciousness and developed a militant inner world. It is also believed that North Korea, which has long been exposed to food shortages, has become insensitive to nostalgia and expectations for abundance.

 

I feel bitter because the aftereffects left by the history of Japanese colonial era or division seem to leave another pathological phenomenon of familiarity with habits. What I feel in the world of the lower classes of Korean society is the eyes that are getting used to the deficiency and lose their dreams and become empty as the gap between the rich and the poor widens. It seems that it should be interpreted as a pathological phenomenon of the community, not an ideological problem.

Saturday, August 20, 2016