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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

I bet it's pretty charming in its own way. I'd love to visit sometime.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Says the asshole who's never gonna live there

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 18 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Lmao dude who stans for North Korea, honestly? I bet you’re gonna tell me the best party is a juche party, because a juche party is mandatory

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's definitely a very poor country

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Look up the arduous march, and how the US terrorized them during this period.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

I don't think anyone is arguing the US wasn't responsible for the current state of affairs, but ok

[–] MBech 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And who gave you the information that made you think the dprk isn't that bad?

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml -2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Long and easily verifiable history of western media stories about NK being proven completely wrong+obvious foreign policy motive for lying=dismiss stories until they're proven true

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago

But... That's just an argument that you don't know the situation in NK. Not that the situation is anything, good or bad?

If I lie to you where the fire is, it does not mean the fire is cold.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Downvoted for speaking the truth as usual, most westerners react poorly to being reminded that they're not immune to propaganda

[–] jackeroni@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Capitalism's 'bread and circus' might be the most addictive drug of all, they close their minds off to anything that goes against the narratives because the western audience would rather not think about it and enjoy the fruits of the exploitation. Blissful ignorance and all that

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 hours ago

Except they've been steadily scaling back both the bread and the circuses for decades now and westerners are generally as willfully ignorant as ever

[–] procapra@lemmy.ml -1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah after a good bit of my own investigation, they just seem on par with any other poor country. Not something I'm going to worship, but not something I'm going to spend time complaining about either.