• GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Their elections have been observed many times by different external bodies and are an example of consensus democracy.

    • gowan@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      Do you have a source for that claim because I have only seen the opposite from elections experts. The fact that almost every single person votes is of course a MASSIVE red flag.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        I believe participation is mandatory, like in Australia, and given the travel limitations (the part of a percent that doesn't vote are usually people traveling), it makes sense that it would be so high. Of course, since we have a wonderful freedom of speech in this country where the rich are free to buy media companies and promote the stories they want to promote, the idea of actually investigating the elections for a purpose other than vilification is hardly going to creep into search engine results. Here's a compilation of sources that attempt to explore it from that angle:

        https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/socialism_faq.md#is-the-dprk-a-fascist-monarchy

        Archive of a dead link: https://archive.ph/aMJCI