you know how people, especially on twitter, try and share their absolute dogshit takes without a care for humility, just unbribled stubbornness

everybody seem so full of themselves and I just can't bring myself to trust anyone unless they show a hint of doubt over their own thoughts, and that's flat out absent from most social media

idk, I don't think I did a good jb describing what I feel, it's hard to accurately put into words

but like, do you have stuff you usually keep to yourself, because like you know the thought isn't well rounded or something and you don't want to say something incorrect. or like interrogations about stuff you can't really answer by yourself

    • kundun_i_liked_it [none/use name]
      3·
      4 years ago

      We (as in Westerners) should oppose sanctions and support the Korean peace process as one between North and South Korea, without any American interference.

      Going further than that is silly.

      • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
        ·
        4 years ago

        I think it's also reasonable to believe that basically anything we hear about the DPRK from American media is propaganda. I don't need to know what the reality of the situation is to know I'm being lied to about it.

      • blobjim [he/him]
        1·
        4 years ago

        Why would "going further than that" be silly? Like, you should learn about countries and their socialist projects. Who cares if you can't get some super specific insider look at the "negatives". You can at least learn about the major things the government does. They have their own news site with English translations.

        • kundun_i_liked_it [none/use name]
          1·
          4 years ago

          Obviously learning more about North Korea is fine, I never opposed that. I meant going further in terms of support. From all I've read about it (mostly The Korean War: a History and Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea), post-1994 famine North Korea has lost almost all semblance of socialism.

          • blobjim [he/him]
            1·
            4 years ago

            How? Like what has it done to "lose its semblance of socialism"? Point out something specific. There isn't even a trace of capitalist exploitation in anything I've read about the country.

      • Chomsky [comrade/them]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Well yeah, I support peace in Korea and ending sanctions of course. Thats a no brainier.

    • blobjim [he/him]
      6·
      4 years ago

      Actually learn stuff about the country. Everything major about it is great. The only thing that puts people off is Kim being the leader or whatever but who cares? He's just a figurehead guy who is in the spotlight because of western media, not because he's such an important part of the government. The DPRK has a planned economy, a five-million member civilian militia that is rooted in the party, lots of free things like housing and education. There is almost nothing to actually criticize about the country without learning about minutiae. They're probably the "most socialist" country in the world right now. And they were even able to make nukes lol, like who can even do that these days? And correct me if I'm wrong, but it is now the oldest existing socialist country in the world, isn't it?

      • Chomsky [comrade/them]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Yeah, I suppose it is. Unless you maybe include this weird Belarus place which I didn't even realize claimed to be socialist until like last week or something.