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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.

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

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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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        In evil communist dictatorships most people are mandated to stand in front of the stage and only a select elite is allowed backstage

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        what next? the buildings are made out of cardboard and the people need to push the trains?

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          And they couldn’t afford a drone to take this picture, the crowd just had to get together to throw someone up high enough to snap it. Seventy photographers died before Kim Jong Un was satisfied with the white balance