South Korea is the real dystopia.

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

    Actually, in the DPRK, everyone is required to get plastic surgery to look exactly like Kim Jong-Un.

    Consqeuently, it's the most beautiful nation on earth.

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

      Imagine having hair as amazing as this :kim: I marvel at the flatness of the top every time, i wonder if he uses it as a shelf when nobody is looking.

      • Magjee [any]
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        4 years ago

        Kim was a basically Korean trump

        Down to the dumb haircut, chubby physic and icing the others out of dads inheritance

         

        Can be applied to Boris Johnson too

        Do these guys all have the same tailor and hairdresser?

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      4 years ago

      I wouldn’t be that absolutist about it. Plastic surgery can be really helpful to people who have physical deformities or have suffered traumatic injuries, people who have successfully lost a lot of weight, and of course trans people.

      People using plastic surgeons as a means to achieve some ideal western form is mostly a byproduct of neoliberalism.

      • Scarlet_theorem [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Right, it's mostly the commodification and hypercompetive system in which it has become a standard practise, that makes it toxic.

      • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        I don't know man. I got a nose job and it hurts like hell whenever I walk using my face

      • kilternkafuffle [any]
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        4 years ago

        *work normally. Yes, we're past the era of pampered housewives. Now they must toil like the rest.

    • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Plastic surgeons really do seem to be striving for one particular idea of the ideal woman's face, at least from what I see on TV done to various Real Housewives across this nation.

  • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    How can even brainwashed libs uphold South Korea as a bastion of freedom?

    • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I mean, the fact that they just got rid of the last of a line of dictators and installed a social democrat tells me they're doing comparatively well democracy wise.

      • Scarlet_theorem [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        I just wish them well going forward. Maybe have some genuine progression towards true (economic) democracy and a healthy civil society without being couped and regressed by reactionaries and CIA again.

        • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          He's still US friendly, he just supports labor rights and friendly relations with the dprk

  • OgdenTO [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Imagine if the government paid (they wouldnt make the people pay) for (optional) plastic surgery in DPRK in order to meet a socially agreed upon standard for beauty. The media would be outraged!

  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    If you're wondering, yes, this is neoliberalism in practice

  • Baader [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    That's actually a relly common present in Iran as well. Many many girls get their nose done. Some even wear the bandage longer than necessary because nose jobs have become a status symbol. Worst part is, it's always the same nose... and it looks like Micheal Jackson did at one time. The islamic laws haben't changed anything about the obsession with looks. It's just that the focus is soley on the face outside of homes. Therefore, they throw even more money into makeup etc.