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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Two Australians go to North Korea to get a hair cut while debunking Western propaganda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BO83Ig-E8E

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] jackeroni@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 day ago

Another neolib worlder

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lmao dude who stans for North Korea, honestly? I bet you’re gonna tell me the best party is a juche party, because a juche party is mandatory

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's definitely a very poor country

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Look up the arduous march, and how the US terrorized them during this period.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I don't think anyone is arguing the US wasn't responsible for the current state of affairs, but ok

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago
[–] MBech@feddit.dk 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And who gave you the information that made you think the dprk isn't that bad?

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Says the asshole who's never gonna live there

I bet it's pretty charming in its own way. I'd love to visit sometime.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Downvoted for speaking the truth as usual, most westerners react poorly to being reminded that they're not immune to propaganda

[–] jackeroni@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Capitalism's 'bread and circus' might be the most addictive drug of all, they close their minds off to anything that goes against the narratives because the western audience would rather not think about it and enjoy the fruits of the exploitation. Blissful ignorance and all that

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 days ago

Except they've been steadily scaling back both the bread and the circuses for decades now and westerners are generally as willfully ignorant as ever

[–] procapra@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago

Yeah after a good bit of my own investigation, they just seem on par with any other poor country. Not something I'm going to worship, but not something I'm going to spend time complaining about either.