It's bizarre how many otherwise normal people think other countries operate on magic. Especially when it comes to the DPRK. They think the whole place is just starving peasants, soldiers, and Kim Jong-un. How that's supposed to be a functioning economy doesn't matter. Sanctions don't matter, the DPRK's history doesn't matter. It's a topsy turvy funhouse mirror of a country.
Even moreso when you're told from birth that you live in the best country on Earth and every other nation is a shithole with oppressive governments and living standards far below you're own.
It's bizarre how many otherwise normal people think other countries operate on magic. Especially when it comes to the DPRK. They think the whole place is just starving peasants, soldiers, and Kim Jong-un. How that's supposed to be a functioning economy doesn't matter. Sanctions don't matter, the DPRK's history doesn't matter. It's a topsy turvy funhouse mirror of a country.
Americans will hear a news story about North Korea, declare "that's unbelievable!", and then insist on believing the story is 100% truth.
It's easy to believe other countries operate on magic when you've been raised to believe that your own country operates on magic.
invisible hand / trickle down economics / everything good somehow destroys jobs / all economics is finance and production does not matter
Even moreso when you're told from birth that you live in the best country on Earth and every other nation is a shithole with oppressive governments and living standards far below you're own.