Why I Support Kim Bo-mi's Revolt: 'Dismantle the 586 Power Headquarters.' A Conservative's Call for Generational Change in the Democratic Party [Choice Times=Jeong-kee Kim, Columnist; Secretary - General of World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO)] There are moments in politics that signal the end of an era. At times, the voice of an unknown young politician foretells the coming of a new age more accurately than the declaration of a powerful leader. Such a moment came when Kim Bo-mi, former Chair of the Gangjin County Council and a candidate for the leadership of the Democratic Party, declared that "the 86 Generation should now prepare for a graceful farewell." Her statement that "the achievement of democratization does not entitle anyone to monopolize South Korean politics for forty or fifty years" was not merely a criticism of one generation. It was a direct challenge to the internal power structure of the Democratic Party. I am a conservative. I am not writing this column to help the Democratic Party remain in power, nor am I endorsing Kim Bo-mi's candidacy for party leader. Yet I pay close attention to her because she dared to confront a taboo that few within the Democratic Party have been willing even to mention. For decades, the 586 activist generation has positioned itself not as the object of criticism but as the authority that judges others. They condemned the long dominance of the industrialization generation and the conservative establishment, yet once they themselves became the center of political power, they portrayed their own prolonged rule as a continuation of democratization. They were uncompromising toward the privileges of others while remaining remarkably tolerant of their own. They seized power in the name of reform, but after taking office, reform was always something to be imposed on others—never on themselves. In