Behave like what? The western media depicts them as some horrible “rogue state” while supporting Israel as it performed genocide against the Palestinians. The DPRK openly supports Palestine, does not recognise Israel and has maintained that position for many decades. Some of the weapons we see the resistance use? They come from the DPRK.
Why are they a “rogue state” ? Because they’re sanctioned? Because they test weapons they need to defend themselves? The US performs many more weapons and missile tests than the DPRK performs every year but nobody reports on the latest aggressive action of the US launching missiles into the sea/desert because it’s completely normal for sovereign states to do this.
You must view all reporting about the DPRK through a lens of understanding that the Korean war never ended, that the South is occupied by the US, and that fundamentally means the US is at war with the DPRK and always has been. All the absurdist media reporting you’ve seen over time is effectively war propaganda. By now I’m sure you realise at least some of it is totally made up, such as the absurd “everyone has to get the same haircut” or “he straps people to the front of antiaircraft guns” or “jeans are banned”, all of which are provably false or have fundamentally no evidence beyond “we said so”.
You don’t have to like this country to be a marxist, but adjusting from the popular lack of understanding about it to a more neutral “I actually have very bad information about it and will reserve judgement” is a good idea. To put this in perspective I’ll challenge what you think everyday life there looks like by pointing out they have a smartphone ownership at over 70% of the population, a fact that sometimes surprises people compared to how they imagine the country.
Being very hard-line. I live in a ‘neutral’ country. So most people who know about Vietnam or Cuba have a positive opinion of those countries. But North Korea is seen as extreme, as putting its military ahead of its people’s well-being. But if it is because they feel constantly threatened by the US, then I can understand why they behave that way.
I actually have very bad information about it and will reserve judgement
But North Korea is seen as extreme, as putting its military ahead of its people’s well-being.
Ahhh I see. Well they’re still at war, understand that their adversary is the US not just the ROK, and 1 in 5 of the population being killed will make you take that extremely seriously.
We don’t have official figures yet but it’s pretty likely that what we’ve watched happen in Palestine is in fact less than what was done to Korea. Not that it’s a competition, but just to put into perspective just how horrible it must’ve been.
The US lives on their doorstep, propping up a puppet regime in the south that is on its fifth republic in 50 years. The north and south would’ve reunited by now if it weren’t for the fact that the South is not sovereign, every time the discussion happens the US demands a seat at the table, and prevents it from happening because it’s not in their interests.
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Yes, I read more about North Korea yesterday. I can sort of see why they behave like that.
Behave like what? The western media depicts them as some horrible “rogue state” while supporting Israel as it performed genocide against the Palestinians. The DPRK openly supports Palestine, does not recognise Israel and has maintained that position for many decades. Some of the weapons we see the resistance use? They come from the DPRK.
Why are they a “rogue state” ? Because they’re sanctioned? Because they test weapons they need to defend themselves? The US performs many more weapons and missile tests than the DPRK performs every year but nobody reports on the latest aggressive action of the US launching missiles into the sea/desert because it’s completely normal for sovereign states to do this.
You must view all reporting about the DPRK through a lens of understanding that the Korean war never ended, that the South is occupied by the US, and that fundamentally means the US is at war with the DPRK and always has been. All the absurdist media reporting you’ve seen over time is effectively war propaganda. By now I’m sure you realise at least some of it is totally made up, such as the absurd “everyone has to get the same haircut” or “he straps people to the front of antiaircraft guns” or “jeans are banned”, all of which are provably false or have fundamentally no evidence beyond “we said so”.
You don’t have to like this country to be a marxist, but adjusting from the popular lack of understanding about it to a more neutral “I actually have very bad information about it and will reserve judgement” is a good idea. To put this in perspective I’ll challenge what you think everyday life there looks like by pointing out they have a smartphone ownership at over 70% of the population, a fact that sometimes surprises people compared to how they imagine the country.
Being very hard-line. I live in a ‘neutral’ country. So most people who know about Vietnam or Cuba have a positive opinion of those countries. But North Korea is seen as extreme, as putting its military ahead of its people’s well-being. But if it is because they feel constantly threatened by the US, then I can understand why they behave that way.
This makes sense.
Ahhh I see. Well they’re still at war, understand that their adversary is the US not just the ROK, and 1 in 5 of the population being killed will make you take that extremely seriously.
We don’t have official figures yet but it’s pretty likely that what we’ve watched happen in Palestine is in fact less than what was done to Korea. Not that it’s a competition, but just to put into perspective just how horrible it must’ve been.
The US lives on their doorstep, propping up a puppet regime in the south that is on its fifth republic in 50 years. The north and south would’ve reunited by now if it weren’t for the fact that the South is not sovereign, every time the discussion happens the US demands a seat at the table, and prevents it from happening because it’s not in their interests.