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I served two tours in Korea. The situation between north and south is unlike any other with regards to split nations. I thought by now the north's regime would have collapsed and the two Koreas would be united as a democracy. The north is a true anachronism on so many levels:
The fact that its leadership stays in the family being handed down from father to son flies in the face of everything socialism supposedly stands for.
The North Korean people are truly controlled by their government in every aspect of their lives. While other regimes allowed the introduction of technology, albeit under very tight controls, the North Koreans have absolutely no access to the technology we take for granted.
It is incredible that such a society exists today. The reason I thought the North would have been gone by now was based purely on the societal laws of motion. If the rest of the world moves in a certain direction, even the most backward society has to move to some degree in the same direction. North Korea has proven to be a glaring exception to that rule. It is truly an anomaly.
I'm curious how many people in the West are naive enough to buy all the BS in that propaganda video. As PT Barnum put it, there's a sucker born every minute!
The fact that its leadership stays in the family being handed down from father to son flies in the face of everything socialism supposedly stands for.
The North Korean people are truly controlled by their government in every aspect of their lives. While other regimes allowed the introduction of technology, albeit under very tight controls, the North Koreans have absolutely no access to the technology we take for granted.
It is incredible that such a society exists today. The reason I thought the North would have been gone by now was based purely on the societal laws of motion. If the rest of the world moves in a certain direction, even the most backward society has to move to some degree in the same direction. North Korea has proven to be a glaring exception to that rule. It is truly an anomaly.
I'm curious how many people in the West are naive enough to buy all the BS in that propaganda video. As PT Barnum put it, there's a sucker born every minute!