Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/rr3y5s/the_same_person_han_junjia_26_years_apart_china/
So was South Korea. About as rich as one of the worse-off African nations before the split.
The south embraced capitalism and democracy and are a powerhouse. The North embraced authoritarian rule and communism and did… not so well.
Yep. That's how it happened, you idealist dork. When the koreas researched "ideologies" and the "choose your path" prompt popped up, the south chose "democracy" and got an economic development bonus, while the north foolishly chose "authoritarian" and gained nothing but mass gymnastic displays. do not make their mistake!
I hate that I read books to learn about the Korean war, because actually knowing shit makes Reddit comments even more painful than they were before.
All the foundational information you need about the Korean war, the modern history of Korea, and the roots of its current occupation by the imperial United States can be found in Patriots, Traitors, and Empires
:kim-jong-il:
Also don't ask them what their government looked like through the '70s
Always going communist in Civ games for that sweet sweet industry bonus. :marx-ok:
Usually ends with a war against the entire world when everyone else goes; "Democracy", or full fash, so that checks out.
It is obvious that when you get elected as president you have a focus tree to explore and choose different paths like in hearts of iron 4.
But anyway, wasn't the North actually much better than the South until like the 80s/90s?
Intellectual property rights is a weird restriction for a country to force upon itself. Westerners are mad that China didn't shoot themself in the foot like they did.
they didn't. they stole whatever they liked from whoever was under their control and then passed intellectual property laws to protect the patents and copyrights they filed to claim they were the inventors. it's all always been a sham.
:reddit-logo: throwing a tantrum and locking the thread is just :xi-lib-tears:
Well, better pull yourself up by your bootstraps and build your own high speed rail! :freedom-and-democracy:
Then buy up your bootstraps! "How?", you ask? By pulling up your bootstraps, of course! It's easy! I was given self-lifting bootstraps by my dad and I've come real far! :freedom-and-democracy:
Man is living his dream, we love to see it :07:
The evil See See Pee has genocided Thomas the Tank Engine and replaced him with propaganda high-speed rail!
(Steam trains are cool by the way)
We can say what we like about those fucks in the CCP but the progress China has made in such a short period is one of the most astonishing achievements humanity has ever made.
lmao
don't forget the token words of support for Taiwan, which is becoming the new "my black friend".
Chinese rail development is seriously inspiring and is one of the amazing things socialism (even in its market socialism form :disgost:) can accomplish. :xi-clap:
Wtf these comments are actually good, this isn't what I come to :reddit-logo: for
