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[–] 20 points 4 months ago

North Korea is pretty great and looking at history their nuclear program is completely justified. The US keeps saying "oh just give up your nukes we promise we won't overthow your government and then make your country a US puppet", if you want to see how well that works out look at Libya.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    interesting how there is so much 3rd party discourse about dprk, one side saying it's bad while another side says it's good, yet we hardly hear 1st hand experiences. why don't we see at least some north koreans on lemmy or other platforms sharing their personal experiences of living there, telling us whether they think it's bad or good? or why isn't there north korean platform accesibile to the public where non-north koreans can peek into the activities of north koreans? it's pretty much just outsiders arguing with other outsiders with no input from the insiders

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    You actually can listen to what citizens of the DPRK are saying, it's just difficult to find. The DPRK heavily restricts access to the global internet because they are under intense siege, but people visit the DPRK frequently (less so in the post-COVID years but steadily increasing over time), and citizens of the DPRK visit neighboring countries like China as well.

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  • [+] -7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    DPRK Glazing wasn't on my Lemmy bingo card for today.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago

    I mean, objectively, the dprk is largely underdeveloped which is enough for me to say i wouldn't want to live there (and yes it doesn't help that the entire world hates them and wont leave then alone). Last I knew lots of housing was getting built in rural areas though, which is good.

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  • [+] -21 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    That's it. I'm done with Lemmy. What the fuck is this communist dictator apologist propaganda?

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Don't come to comms on lemmy.ml if you are not ready to have the truth shown to you.

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  • [+] -13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Will you tell us about your personal experiences with the glory of North Korea, OP? Please, let is know where all your rock-solid knowledge of the subject matter comes from.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago

    Is your point that only those that have visited the DPRK have a right to speak on it? At best, this means most of us are equally unable to speak on it, meaning any condemnation of it as an evil country akin to Mordor is as absurd as those claiming it isn't an evil country akin to Mordor.

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  • [+] -9 points 4 months ago (13 children)

    yeah so.. remember that kid who went to north Korea, and then he got arrested and eventually sent home in a coma? that DPRK?

    anyone who thinks the DPRK is some hidden utopia is a dumbass

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    No One says its a utopia, we Just Say It was portrayed worse than it Is.

    Like sharks ig

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  • [+] -13 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    So which one you want to live in and why?

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Me, I can finally live outside of the sphere of influence of USA and I don't need to know what type of new horror human trash will come up with in their next election.

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  • [+] -9 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    It's unsurprising none want to answer the question. Sounds like those who felt like responding wish a fairytale was true.

    None of you would last in NK, despite how much you glaze it.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Why do you not think I could live and work comfortably in NK? If I learned the language (BIG if, I know, just bare with me), how would my life be worse as a cook in North Korea vs America, I am genuinely curious how much you know about daily life there

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    None of you would last in NK, despite how much you glaze it.

    You have so clearly never even met someone from the DPRK not to mind talked to one about what life is actually like. Honestly probably good as I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate being hit with the torrent of chauvinist assumptions you clearly have.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    His parents denied an autopsy after he died, and the doctor that examined him found no evidence of mistreatment. It seems likely that he contracted illness like botulism, and was returned before his sentence was complete as a show of good will. The denial of an autopsy left it credible that he was tortured to death, which is how the story was reported in the west, but there's no actual evidence for this narrative beyond the coma of unclear origin.

    Regardless, nobody is saying the DPRK is a utopia. There are good aspects to the DPRK, but more than anything it is a real country, not literally Mordor as many westerners make it out to be. The image of a hellscape is used to justify sanctions and dehumanization of northern Koreans.

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  • [+] -11 points 4 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    I've seen this image before in a Christian nationalist context and I've found it really funny how light pollution is their metric on how good the country is

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  • [+] -7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Ok go there then right now :) seriously go bring back photos of your trip

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    Here are some cool ones I've found! Can't visit, unfortunately, but there are people who can and have taken some cool pictures.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    I love when you guys say shit like this because it shows that you think the DPRK is like, a Bosch painting and not a real place. It's such a comical level of racism and distance from reality that I just kind of pity you.

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