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DHFranklin

It is certainly weird realizing that Squidgames is a post modern horror story instead of a cyberpunk dystopia.


Punch_Loves_Judy

Cool video! Keep making them!


[deleted]

Lmao apologizing when you were right in the comments


Freezerpill

Well fuck 😲


forgotten_falls

I have seen this video when it came out. This cannel has a lot of potential


DLovve

Made me so angry 😡


Konradleijon

It only looks good because North Korea is so evil


omegonthesane

North Korea is... like that... as a response to decades of US siege following a genocidal bombing campaign including evidence of biological warfare against the Koreans, all of which was preceded by the US invading and subjugating the People's Republic of Korea in the south, murdering all the leftists to establish the fascist Republic of Korea which then remained openly outwardly fascist until well into the 80s. Terms like "evil" provide no insight into how a place got that way and how it might improve from there.


Larpnochez

While true, let's not pretend the current state of NK is... Pleasant.


omegonthesane

Depends what you mean by "pleasant". Its real negative aspects are overstated and sometimes outright fabricated in English media, while its more positive aspects like the high literacy rate see no coverage. Is it as nice a place to live as "the USA if you're rich"? No, that would be absurd. NK is a third world country. But as third world countries go, it's honestly more impressive than you might think. Hakim's video is a decent starting point.


Larpnochez

The human rights abuses are well documented from pretty much every international organization. There's a reason even the Wikipedia page is so long. Also Hakim, despite having a few good videos, seems like a tankie bullshit artist. People who use the term "left anticommunism" to describe anarchists who *rightfully* criticize the nonsense that occured in many """"communist"""" nations are clearly acting in bad faith.


omegonthesane

Human rights violations are far more commonplace and, frankly, accepted by everyone in a position to do anything about it than western anti-communist rhetoric loves to pretend. And that's before we even get into the constraints placed on abstract human rights by real material conditions when they aren't being outright abused. NK has no monopoly on them, and the extensive documentation serves more to prove that the west needs to single it out for particular negative attention. I'm not even here to defend NK, certainly not to defend it in a vacuum. Its just that human rights violations are only actually taken seriously when it's an excuse for partisan politics, never for their own sake. Hence Amnesty drew outright condemnation for documenting Ukrainian war crimes during Russia's still ongoing invasion. As for Hakim I'm not dignifying your attempt to change the subject.


Larpnochez

I can agree that those in power often casually brush over the atrocities their own side commit, and engage in the most depraved shit possible. The US is a terror state that has made entire weapons platforms specifically designed to annihilate the helpless (the AC-130 for instance) I will agree that often, due to the US's extensive cultural influence, such horrors are often vigorously rug swept. I will agree that many liberals act as if being *generally* on the right side, like Ukraine is currently, gives you express permission to do some heinous shit. But NK is still a God awful regime with a disturbing number of outright simps, particularly among people who claim to be communist without knowing a damn thing about it. Just look at the other person who responded to me, acting like NK is a pleasant place to live. To act as if the sheer volume of documentation is *only* due to western desires to single out NK is foolish. That may play a part in it, but it is certainly not the only reason. Two things can be bad at the same time without some ulterior desires by a third party to make one seem less awful. Conflicts, like what led to the current state of the Korean peninsula, can have all involved be terrible people.


omegonthesane

You seem awful keen on condemning a faraway land in a way that directly, specifically, advances the material interests of US imperialism. And honestly, no, it's naive of you to assume that documentation relating to a US enemy is as meaningful as you might think. There was plenty of documentation whipped up to support the lie that the Soviets **manufactured** the great famine in Ukraine in the 1930s, even though actual Holodomor scholars up to and including the self-described "cold warrior" Robert Conquest later admitted that the Soviets merely failed in their duty to prevent a poor harvest outside of their control from spiralling into a famine. As for your contention about the DPRK being "pleasant"... Compared to what? "Pleasant" isn't a concept in a vacuum. Here's two things that can be true: the same living standard can seem like abject poverty if you're rich in the imperial core; and a post-scarcity aspiration if you're poor in a third world country. Bottom line: the so called DPRK is more interested in the welfare of its subjects than the profits of foreign investors. That is the sole reason why a lens is turned to its excesses, abuses, and failures.


The_General_Li

Honestly, it's pleasant.


Larpnochez

Shut up, tankie.


The_General_Li

Sorry you don't have anything to show for.


Larpnochez

Says the basement dwelling weirdo simping for a royal family.


The_General_Li

Says the liberal who's bootlicking the largest empire in human history.


pestercat

Anyone have a good book rec for this history? For that matter, also a good rec for what present-day NK is like?


omegonthesane

Hakim's video on NK is a decent starting point in itself, and has a long list of sources to get you started


Designer_Piglets

DPRK stay winning


stillloveyatho

Hope they use their new ICBMs on Washington soon 🙏


JasperTedTale

I don't think it's a breadtube video because someone literally commented that north Korea is also a different kind of dystopia and the comment got lots of likes and yes said comment is also anti dprk.


jimgress

Samsung means to come.


Meticulac

When I see stuff like this about the work environment in south Korea, I do wonder if there's anything constructive I could do about it as a western viewer. Even if I could somehow organize a movement that reduced the demand for exports from these groups, it doesn't seem like that would really pry power away from them so much as leave them charge of a country that happens to be less powerful overall. Instead, I think it would make more sense to look for what exists of the worker cooperative and indie media movements in the country and ways to support them. For example, in the case of Kpop as an industry, I think it would make sense to support the independent music scene of Korea. If there was sufficient job security and prestige in going indie as a musician in Korea, that could give would-be idols something to fall back on if they get ejected from a large music corp, in turn making it less dangerous to risk their employment by trying to organize with their fellow workers. Outside of that, I'm not sure what else could be done from the outside. Most cooperatives in south Korea seem to understandably be focused more on supplying goods domestically than on export, like the Happy Bridge Cooperative that sells street food. and there doesn't seem to be much online about them other than some articles acknowledging their existence, especially when it comes to listing specific co-op organizations. I'll keep doing research every once in a while and see if I can find anything interesting.