Imagine trying to spin not having streetlighting for safety reasons as good.
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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I mean, they don't have many cars except for the capital
.ml commenting on energy shortages:
I'm pretty sure anyone saying that is a North Korean Propagandist lol.
"Oh yes, Kim Jong Un is definitely an environmentalist. He's not developing his country by choice, to protect the environment. Certainly not because decades of abject, totalitarian isolation has stunted the DPRK's economy."
I love it when Tankies talk North Korea. They have nothing to go off except conspiracy and whataboutism
NK gibberish is how we know it's mostly roleplay; bored teenage edgelords and malicious demagogues.
ooo one of them's reading this haha
plenty of them are. they rarely actually engage though
That giant blob of light energy just to the left of Best Korea is literally their best and favourite country on earth, the one and only 菜拿
It's to show the level of growth between a communist totalitarian dictatorship and a capitalist democratic republic.
It's not lights = good
and China is even brighter lol