Most people are like children when it comes to taking the most banal point and going with it. Transition of state is important factor here. NK: 1. Soviet satellite in unique geopolitical wedge of Communist East Asia 2. Kleptocratic elites with dynastic cult of personality SK: 1. US satellite kleptocracy 2. Enlightened dictatorship 3. Authoritarian oligarchy 4. GAE satellite liberal end-run Then consider when those lights came up mostly. For SK it’s 2 and 3. Nothing to do with just pure capital. Developmental state earned its miracles through central control of capital, bone crushing hard work, and ignoring most of the economic dogma of the time.