My co-worker believes the DPRK is a uniquely evil and incompetent state that is in a constant state of famine. They are the most failed and corrupt state.

I told him that DPRK has been incredibly fucked over historically and has been punished on every front for the crime of existing.

Does anyone have any good info I can arm myself with? Or help at articulating something that might get through. He's very much a 'facts and logic' type of lib.

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    • SerLava [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Just that the quality of life is still low, although not like what you hear in the western press, and it's obviously still due to international embargo. There are also things like collective punishment and very harsh prison conditions. And they have to spend a huge amount of resources on their military due to the external threat.