On this day in 1894, the anti-colonial Donghak Peasant Rebellion began with the "Gobu Uprising", where 1,000 peasants stormed the county of Gobu, freeing prisoners, occupying government buildings, and causing the county ruler to flee.
The Donghak Peasant Rebellion was an uprising that took place in late Joseon-era Korea during the 1890s. "Donghak" refers to a religious movement, founded in 1860, which preached for social equality and the uplifting of the peasantry. Choe Jeu was executed by the state in 1864.
Amidst a backdrop of growing foreign influence in Korea (which would eventually lead to colonization by Japan), Donghak peasants rebelled against oppression by feudal rulers. The uprising began in the county of Gobu in Jeolla province, where the magistrate had extorted vast amounts of wealth and forced the peasants to build a reservoir.
On January 10th, 1894, approximately 1,000 peasant rebels gathered at an empty horse ranch, from which they split off into two separate armies where they successfully destroyed three of Gobu's four gates, occupied government offices, and set about destroying prisons and freeing the people held in them.
As rebels successfully defeated government forces, unrest would spread across the country, and the panicked Joseon dynasty called for Chinese Qing dynasty for support. Doing this, however, aggrieved the Japanese government, which was competing with China for influence over Korea.
Japan invaded Korea, occupying Seoul, triggering the First Sino-Japanese War. Following a temporary truce, the peasant rebellion would resume in October, this time directed towards the Japanese occupation.
The Japanese proved successful in defeating the uprising, however, continuing to quell rebels through 1895. Korea would become increasingly absorbed into Japan's sphere of influence before official annexation in 1910.
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Jokes aside, I thought a bit and I realized how much I despise the trend of keeping up with the Jonses, and I think it just creates rivalries that need not exist. Look at the generation war, I thought about it before but some baby boomers have really adopted their label and seem almost thrilled at how millennials have been sabotaged, because to boomers we ARE 'The Joneses' they want to keep up with. Younger people do have two things boomers envy, more likely to be educated and youth so their sabotage will help make them look better. This goes beyond the generational war and I have noticed some people take the keep up with the Jonses mentality to the point they become racist or sexist, or whatever. Look at Marc Lepine's "motives" for the Montreal shooting. He wanted to intimidate women to not go to college so they won't 'beat' men in some arbitrary battle of the sexes.
Then when we see how expensive everything is, I realize I cannot afford to ever keep up with the Jonses even if I wanted to. My life goal now is that if I don't make it out of entirely, make some decent money and find a good neighborhood in NYC and make friends with my neighbors to create dual power. Yeah, it would be more expensive housing wise, but having actual friends for neighbors is priceless.