These people make utter fools of themselves and then want us to think it's the people of the DPRK who are propagandized. Dear God I hope to live to see Western countries become more irrelevant.

  • ihaveibs [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    So if the DPRK is truly a 1984 authoritarian state, why do people mock its citizens instead of, at the very least, showing them empathy and kindness?

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      Same reason people defend sanctions on North Korea; they don't actually care, they're just gleefully parroting state department propaganda.

    • robinnn
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      1 month ago

      The population of the enemy state are both oppressed slaves under the iron fist of the one-man dictatorship which they cannot speak against under threat of execution and evil freedom-hating hordes who must be destroyed.

      This way, you can starve and oppress the people of the enemy nation as well as condemn their leadership on the grounds of starving and oppressing their people!! Wondrous!!

    • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 month ago

      Because to the Westernized mind, they are inferior and incapable of self actualizing freedom for themselves, and must be saved by the Arsenal of Democracy.