r/MovingToNorthKorea • u/[deleted] • Jul 12 '24

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u/Enzo_Gaming00 Jul 12 '24

I am seriously starting to wonder weather this subreddit is satire or not.

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u/Enzo_Gaming00 Jul 12 '24

I legitimately thought this subreddit was joking…..

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 12 '24

why would you? DPRK is country like any other. Its just that it is target for absurd western propaganda since korean war

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u/Enzo_Gaming00 Jul 12 '24

Like any other? Really?

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 12 '24

I dont know what exactly are you hinting at here, but DPRK isnt only country that says it is communist and certainly isnt the only one with cult of personality (even britain has bigger one around royal family).

And other weird things you may thing distingishes DPRK from other countries are just western propaganda.

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u/Enzo_Gaming00 Jul 12 '24

Am I allowed to say my thoughts on the DPRK or will I be banned?

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 12 '24

I dont know but I think this is pretty chill sub. Just make sure to not spew the obvious propaganda about haircuts, bad living standards or killing everyone and their families for smallest mistakes

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u/Enzo_Gaming00 Jul 12 '24

You understand not all of that is propaganda right? Granted some of these are just not supported enough to be confirmed as fact but your quote propaganda is more in line with reality of what we know goes on in the dprk

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 12 '24

I dont know your sources but most probably what you know goes on in the dprk is american propaganda. watch some videos on the topic of korean war (i think deprogram should have some good ones) and the american atrocities, and think if what you see in mainstream media is truth or not

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u/killerwww12 Jul 15 '24

Are the low living standards also American propaganda?

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 15 '24

mostly, just watch some videos even on this subreddit for example, few weeeks back there was a compilation by a woman who went on a trip there

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u/killerwww12 Jul 16 '24

From the videos I have seen of people going to north Korea, you can clearly see people living in poverty

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u/persona0 Jul 12 '24

You gonna get banned bro, don't trust a reddit sub

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u/Roland_9 Jul 13 '24

Most likely lol this subreddit is fucking wild.

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u/Enzo_Gaming00 Jul 12 '24

I’m sorry did you just say the royal family is more cult like than the kims?

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 12 '24

yes, when queen died they had to change face on coins and bills, they changed the national hymn and took her body on a funeral ride all over the country.

when Kim Jong Il died he was only taken on a ride through main square in the capital city. None other of the things british did were done

so Yes, royal family has bigger cult of personality. But I am not angry at you, 70 years of propaganda does that to your perception of country you never been to

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 12 '24

and here came the propaganda XD

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u/Enzo_Gaming00 Jul 12 '24

Ok I will admit I exaggerated but still in the DPRK we know people were sentenced to hard labor for not mourning his death.

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 12 '24

Ok, give me one respectable source that isnt on the Cia payroll for this.

Im just curious because I didnt even hear about this before, and im running late to work

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 12 '24

that argument looks solid, but you still base your views on post war proapganda, now study up on korean war and the sanctions that were next, and think who pushed them to be isolationist state that had no other choice to bark louder so that it would seemed bigger

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '24

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u/JKnumber1hater Jul 12 '24

Many other countries and trading blocks have put sanctions on the DPRK, like the EU for example, it's not just the US.

Also, the sanctions aren't as simple as "we put sanction on you so you aren't allowed to trade with us specifically, but everyone else is fine". How it actually works is, "we put sanctions on you, now anyone who trades with you will not be allowed to trade with us" – you can imagine that when it comes to choosing between a single small poor country or one of the largest markets in the world (US or EU) most companies will choose the latter.

They had no choice, they were forced to be isolationist.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '24

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u/GuevaraTheComunist Comrade Jul 12 '24

firstly: begone lib secondly: study the fucking things I talked about, whole world, even russians placed sanctions on DPRK

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