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Nelson Mandingo posted:u say north korea is bad but wHat AbOuT aMeRiCa you've posted this reworded about 10 times itt, we get it
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MLSM posted:Correct, which is why he consistently downplayed the ‘personality cult’ around him 
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EorayMel posted:More like Deer Leader
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eleven extra elephants posted:you've posted this reworded about 10 times itt, we get it No you don't. No you don't you fatuous nincompoop. You bourgeois scum. You colonialist oppressor piece of poo poo. Here and now in this very thread I will be the one to expose the deep heart of corruption of the United States through brazen lazy shitposting in defense of North Korea.
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Does anyone know why the PRC has achieved international superpower status but hasn’t really stepped forth to recapitalize the DPRK? CCP revisionism? They see an impoverished and isolated state south of the Yalu and north of the 38th parallel as useful buffer? Other posters have complained about US/NATO (let’s stipulate they operate as a bloc even though Canadians can get tourist visas to the DPRK) stifling of the North Korean economy because of the technical state of active war. Just so, why hasn’t China stepped forth to relieve the plight of its brotherly nation? Is it cowed by fears in Beijing that Washington would see it doing more for the innocent North Korean people than deporting escapees and escalate the situation by conducting 2 Foal, 2 Eagle exercises? Can anygoon (sorry if this is a slur in the noble language of those descended from Mt. Paektu) provide some scintilla of insight as to why the powerful and communist People’s Republic of China is not doing more for its also communist ally, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea?
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China doesn't loving like DPRK either, but they are fine with maintaining a status-quo as-is because the other option is the aforementioned largest refugee crisis in human history
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Nelson Mandingo posted:No you don't. No you don't you fatuous nincompoop. You bourgeois scum. You colonialist oppressor piece of poo poo. Here and now in this very thread I will be the one to expose the deep heart of corruption of the United States through brazen lazy shitposting in defense of North Korea. I'm convinced now, what about amerikkka and why not Glorious Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. You really made me think.
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MrQwerty posted:China doesn't loving like DPRK either, but they are fine with maintaining a status-quo as-is because the other option is the aforementioned largest refugee crisis in human history It's this. Unfortunately, DPRK is going to be a massive financial burden to anyone who takes it on. It offered very little in terms of natural or human resources in the 80's, let alone now. There's absolutely no good solution for this, and it's gently caress awful.
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Das Boo posted:It's this. Unfortunately, DPRK is going to be a massive financial burden to anyone who takes it on. It offered very little in terms of natural or human resources in the 80's, let alone now. Yeah. It's one of those things where it's like, yeah, actually, China is loving pissed that they are downwind of an actively-used foreign nuclear test site and would really like to do something about that... except nobody can because there is no tenable solution to the problem, at all, for anyone, except maintaining the status-quo.
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amazing thread thank you op for this most glorious of honey pots i figured it was dead days ago but wow you got a big fish real late and i'm having a good time
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waydownLo posted:Can anygoon (sorry if this is a slur in the noble language of those descended from Mt. Paektu) provide some scintilla of insight as to why the powerful and communist People’s Republic of China is not doing more for its also communist ally, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea? Sheer jealousy at the harmony and strength of character that Juche brings.
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Congrats, North Korea! You manage to hurt China by existing!
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Well China sent a train in with aid and North Korea basically said “thank for the train” and kept it with everything on it Volvo was dumb enough to send them new cars thinking they’d ever get paid for them
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I didn't know about either of those stories, but goddamn, RIP.
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mods can this be the kambucha thread??
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Herstory Begins Now posted:mods can this be the kambucha thread?? No we don't need posters coming in to defend the Democratic Kampuchea on to of everything else
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Herstory Begins Now posted:mods can this be the kambucha thread?? Whatabout earl grey??? Ever think of that
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Wasn't Bush administration at least considering invading North Korea in the days of "Axis of Evil"?
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Fish of hemp posted:Wasn't Bush administration at least considering invading North Korea in the days of "Axis of Evil"? Probably, story I always heard is Seoul would be completely destroyed immediately if that was to happen.
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waydownLo posted:Does anyone know why the PRC has achieved international superpower status but hasn’t really stepped forth to recapitalize the DPRK? CCP revisionism? They see an impoverished and isolated state south of the Yalu and north of the 38th parallel as useful buffer? At a minimum, it would take at least a trillion dollars to bring the DPRK up to modern levels, and that includes infrastructure, modern agricultural practices so the populace can stop starving, deprogramming, and a whole bunch of poo poo that no country can afford and no country will pay out. Beyond that, as mentioned before, the refugee crisis from a collapsed state will be one of the most daunting in human history. China has no love for the North Korean people, and they're not going to want to take people who are fleeing. They know the country's used for transiting out of North Korea, and they're generally fine to look the other way if the people don't stay too long. Finally, the most important part of this is what you said originally. China will not accept ever having the United States or an ally on its border. Remember, one of the original reasons that China got involved in the Korean war was that the North Korean army was getting its rear end kicked to the Yalu and China was alarmed at the prospect of the US/UN on its border. North Korea serves an important purpose for both sides, frankly. Geopolitics is such a weird thing
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eleven extra elephants posted:you've posted this reworded about 10 times itt, we get it what about Armenia?
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Fish of hemp posted:Wasn't Bush administration at least considering invading North Korea in the days of "Axis of Evil"? He actually bumbled around with the issue of noncompliance with the Clinton era SK/Japan/US nuclear agreement, threw them a bunch of concessions in the form of giving them promised stuff before they met the agreed upon conditions to get it, got absolutely nothing in return, then gave up and ignored them.
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Fish of hemp posted:Wasn't Bush administration at least considering invading North Korea in the days of "Axis of Evil"? Nah, it was just typical republican posturing at the time. Unlike Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and Syria, North Korea is a nuclear power. You’d be a fool not to get a nuclear weapon as deterrence against NATO imperialism; just look at the demise of so many countries over the last twenty years due to the Great Satan. I mean ffs Libya literally has slave markets now!  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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For anyone curious about North Korea I can recommend a few books: Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader by Bradley Martin. Explains the history of North Korea and their motivations in an engaging way. Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty https://a.co/d/0tU7YrO  Aquariums of Pyongyang by Chol-hwan Kang. His memoir of growing up in a labor camp after his family got in trouble with the regime By Chol-hwan Kang - The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag https://a.co/d/fEFz6jk  Pyongyang by Guy Delisle. His graphic novel of his experience working as an animator for a North Korean film studio. Charming at times Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea https://a.co/d/fBnfIKr  Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick is excellent too Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea https://a.co/d/4eH3Qad Cat Hassler fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Jul 18, 2022 |
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MLSM posted:Nah, it was just typical republican posturing at the time. Unlike Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and Syria, North Korea is a nuclear power. You’d be a fool not to get a nuclear weapon as deterrence against NATO imperialism; just look at the demise of so many countries over the last twenty years due to the Great Satan. Oh goody, you're back
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Is there a single tankie who actually knows what the definition of imperialism is?
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Hey guys, my bud KJ (that's Kim Jong, he lets me call him that) said over Discord to invite all of you for a smoke sesh and discussions about how all the Imperialists can suck it. Oh! Also, he's got Netflix and said we could watch The Last Dance on the side of the Ryugyong Hotel's wall, like projected big as gently caress like an IMAX viewing (he's using a basic projector, not a real IMAX thing fyi). Also said he found some of his dad's old Hennessy bottles, and said he built a giant slingshot so we could lob our empty bottles at the capitalists to the south.
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Last time I was in north korea I took a tremendous poo poo and didn't flush american imperialism at its finest 
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Guy Delisle's comic was a great read! The lonely middle eastern guy dancing at the club, the citizen who was running backwards for some unknown reason, and the fact that the minders were piss poor at target practice stand out to me. The fact that ordinary citizens had to pick fruit from public trees and were punished is sadly common.
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god please help me posted:Guy Delisle's comic was a great read! The lonely middle eastern guy dancing at the club, the citizen who was running backwards for some unknown reason, and the fact that the minders were piss poor at target practice stand out to me. The fact that ordinary citizens had to pick fruit from public trees and were punished is sadly common. Excuse me? Public trees? The fruit of the tree belongs to the people and the general secretary of the workers party of korea knows best how to use it, colonialist.
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country so sad, laughing got banned is lump fast asleep or launching nukes at Japan his lump his lump was on his head
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Cat Hassler posted:Well China sent a train in with aid and North Korea basically said “thank for the train” and kept it with everything on it lmfao nk are just offline goons
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Cat Hassler posted:For anyone curious about North Korea I can recommend a few books: Haven't read nothing to envy, but can recommend all the others. Everything but aquariums of pyongyang is fairly neutral about NK's origins all things considered and indeed it's a subject that speaks for itself: you don't really have to force a moral interpretation onto it. If you had to read just one, Probably start with Under the Loving Care, which really explains the origins and rise of the Kim family. Guy Delisle's graphic novel is really good, too.
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Pink velour juche couture top to accentuate how far a person's ribcage protrudes
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Can we just bring up again how much the Ryugyong hotel does not look like something with actual rooms in it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel I dear say it almost looks like something designed by Elon Musk.
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Yaldabaoth posted:Can we just bring up again how much the Ryugyong hotel does not look like something with actual rooms in it? Can’t complain about the abysmal room service because there are no rooms 
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The Ryugong definitely has some usable rooms in it. The government tours often stick people in there to impress them and prove to them that the building is very real and cool and totally not a gigantic, embarrassing symbol of their failed ideology. Most floors do just seem to be bare concrete though.
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Sounds like good night sleep knowing there's 20 floors of crumbling concrete above your head.
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You always sleep best when you know it may be your last.
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The strange 'hidden' 5th floor of the Yanggakdo Hotel in Pyongyang where they surveil the guests and from which Otto Warnbier stole the poster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yBiW9LB_HA
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