Leaving basic surface-level taking sides out of this, what’s happening in the village is...

Leaving basic surface-level taking sides out of this, what’s happening in the village is honestly a terrifying psychological and sociological case study on unhealed collective trauma.
Some people might see Jinwoo rebelling and trying to overthrow Guwon as some heroic liberation or justice arc, but if we actually look at the reality? It’s literally collective suicide and a pragmatic tragedy. Sure, Guwon is a cold-blooded tyrant who will kill you over something as small as taking extra food or meds, but he represents the "organized oppression" keeping this society from a total collapse. He’s literally the only one—besides the hounds, aka his personal army—providing physical safety from the outside world and bringing in basic survival resources.
Dethroning Guwon right now without a backup who has the exact same power and resources isn't gonna bring "justice" ..it’s just gonna throw everyone into three dangerous stages of collective trauma:

Anomie (Total Lawlessness): The organized suppression disappears and leaves a fatal power vacuum. Instead of one person getting executed by the leader, villagers will literally be killing each other over a single breadcrumb. Right vs. wrong will go completely out the window, and raw primal survival instincts will make violence the new normal.

Desensitization: Without a deterrent, people will lose their basic empathy. Daily violence and destruction won't be a tragedy that shakes people anymore…it’ll just become another Tuesday.

Identification with the Aggressor: Jinwoo claims he’s trying to free everyone, but he’s lowkey just projecting his own personal revenge for Dr. Lim’s and his dad’s death onto the entire village. He’s adopting the abuser’s cruelty without having any of his power to protect anyone, leading everyone straight to the slaughterhouse under the guise of idealism.

In post-apocalyptic / Apocalypse, literal hellscape worlds, morals and idealism are a luxury you just can't afford if you don’t have the raw power to back it up. The only sane survival strategy was taming Guwon and leveraging his sheer obsession to tone down his cruelty and protect the village, NOT blowing up the whole system with everyone inside it. Jinwoo isn't saving the village; he’s just speedrunning its downfall and leaving them to get wiped out by Anomie and zombies.