“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
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.
Lots of things are possible with slaves and an authoritarian dictator
The DPRK has neither slaves nor a dictator.
Just because you don’t call the slaves doesn’t mean they aren’t.
“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
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.