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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

JFC, are you for real?

Here are a few new concepts for you:

  • The USA and NK are not the only countries in the world. there are dozens more!
  • Some of these countries actually have functioning democracies with respectable and trust worthy news outlets that are not bound to what the government allows them to say. There are dozens of these too!
  • All of these say the exact same thing: NK is a highly repressive regime that regularly imprisons, tortures and kills its citizens. Correction, they don't just say it, they back it up with evidence, photos, witness statements, satellite photos, etc etc etc...
  • Add to that the many survivors from there that managed to escape, all testifying to the horrors they have endured and or witnessed on a regular basis...

And all you got is: But brother Kim told me it was a great place to live, so obviously I believe him!

Seriously, get your head out of your ass, kid. Yeah, the US is a vile fucking empire, has been pretty much for its entire existence, and yeah, it should and could be a normal functioning democracy, which it is not, and the current president is a warmongering pedophile. All true.

That does not change ANYTHING about NK being a fucking clownshitshow of a country, likely the worst country you can possibly be born in today. The regime is beyond extremely repressive and I'm honestly impressed with the fucked up kims surviving for as long as they have because its just fucked up from every angle you look at it.

But you're one of those black/white guys who see the US as black, so that MUST mean that NK is pure white, right?

Fuck, you dumb....

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know reading is hard for some people, this thread is about the US and NK. Nearly everyone's knowledge of NK has been spoonfed via US propaganda.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Again: NO.

Did you read anything? Its funny you keep saying that reading is hard but did you actually read?

My information about NK does not come from the US. The information about north korea that most people in the world receive does not come from the US.

Your information about NK, however, seems to come straight from NK. How long have you been indoctrinated, exactly?

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Okay, I'll clarify most of what everyone knows about North Korea comes from Western propaganda.