• Grapho@lemmy.ml
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    21 days ago

    The kind of stuff a socialist country can focus on after they have nuclear weapons

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    I was under the impression that everyone in North Korea basically lived in underground bunkers, with above ground having monuments to Kim Jong Un.

    No I will not explain or elaborate.

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    north korea shows you can do things different than anyone else and still succeed against bad odds, as long as you are an actually free country.

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      I feel like this divide sums up the freedom that’s allowed

      wow, even the buildings. there’s no lights on, it’s not random. it’s either off or accent lights

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    damn is this a socialist utopia ? also I’ve never seen something so extensive be built in 4 years. in my town potholes haven’t even been filled for the 5 years I’ve lived there. Is it difficult emigrating to NK ?

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          “If the Koreans didn’t build things, it was because the country was a failed hellhole. But when in fact they built very impressive things, it was because of slavery. No evidence of slavery was ever found: it was simply taken on faith that they’re the Bad Guys, and that’s what Bad Guys do, so they must do it.”

          What we’re dealing with is an unfalsifiable orthodoxy

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          Just because you refer to workers in the DPRK as “slaves” doesn’t mean they are. Slavery is a specific form of labor relation, workers in the DPRK collectively own the means of production and distribution.