And yes, it might have been peaceful, in that people that are in mass starvation are pretty peaceful. There is tons of peace in North Korea today. Hard for anyone to fight each other, when soldiers are eating grass.
Just think how much better life in North Korea would be today if the US Army had not occupied southern Korea in 1945 and banned free elections.
United States Army Military Government in Korea - Wikipedia
The Rise and Fall of North Korea
"How North Korea, a country once wealthier than South Korea, descended into poverty
"North Korea is now one of the poorest countries on Earth, relying largely on Chinese aid.
"But the per capita GDP of North Korea was once far greater than that of its (now wealthy) southern counterpart, South Korea, and of its most powerful ally, China.
"This is the story of North Korea’s economic surge in the 1970s and 80s, and it’s incessant decline since the early 1990s."
Bwahaha!
Come on! Seriously? See this is why some of us on this thread think that you are a mindless parrot, because you can't possibly believe this. You can't.
Seriously? You look at two countries, with completely different systems, and believe that if the country with the system that resulted in mass starvation, had taken over the country with the system that resulted in 1st world standards of living, that somehow they would have ended up 1st world?
By what logic? Explain that.
Unless you mean that they will adopt Capitalism. Like Vietnam.
Finley writes: "Vietnam's transition to a fully open society, while highly possible, is not inevitable."
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When North Vietnam slaughtered the South Vietnamese after American left-wingers refused to help an ally, the countries economy was destroyed by Socialism, as unemployment was everywhere, and people were fleeing on boats, to escape misery and starvation, and Socialists sponsored murder campaigns.
Today, Vietnam is thriving, not because Socialism succeeds, but rather because they adopted Capitalism.
Now here's the trick. North Korea can adopt Capitalism today, and end the starvation, and people risking their lives to cross the border to South Korea.
But there is no reason to believe that if the US had allowed the communists to take over all of Asian, that they would be a first world country today.
In fact, it is even more likely they would be impoverished and starving.
The whole reason that Communist countries have been moving towards Capitalism, is specifically because of the Asian Tigers. The leadership of China and Vietnam, looked around at Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, and asked themselves, how is that much smaller countries, with fewer people, and far less natural resources, are living 1st world standards, while we're in mud huts?
This is exactly why they moved towards Capitalism, which has resulted in economic growth for them.
If not for the US, and western powers, Taiwan would not exist, Hong Kong would not exist, South Korea would not exist, and it's impossible to say where Japan would be, but likely not where it is.
As such, without the US, it is very very likely that all of those places, and China, and Vietnam, and all of Asia, would be starving to death.
So, there is no evidence that any of those places would be better off without the US intervention. No evidence at all.
