[Kim Seong-kon] Messages for today’s young people

Recently, I came across a children’s book that impressed me greatly.

Published in Korea, it was entitled, “When Everybody Says It’s Right, Is It Really Right?” The subtitle was “How to Say 'No!'” Written by Lee Ki-kyu and illustrated by Bang Sang-ho, the book explores the problems of the “tyranny of the majority” and illuminates the ways in which we can say “No!” and reach agreements reasonably.

The book begins with a fundamental question that touches upon one of the inherent problems of democra ...