North Korea is of course, a shithole, but so is south korea by many standards. At least North Koreans are unified, though. They can work together towards a common goal. Everyone in capitalist nations is just looking out for themselves and their wallets.

See how quickly the West folded when Ukraine started losing? North Korea didn't fold when Russia was having trouble.

As soon as the going gets tough, they scatter like roaches.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The reason DPRK is a "shithole" now is because the burger empire has been choking off their trade since USSR collapsed. The standard of living back in Soviet days war fairly high, and the economic growth there was solid. The very fact that DPRK managed to keep cohesion and make it through a hard period of sanctions shows that the system fundamentally works. Meanwhile, occupied Korea has no excuse for being a shithole.

[+] sandman@lemmy.ca -12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sorry, no. It's a shithole because they funnel all of their excess to 1 family and those who the family deems worthy.

They've had more than enough opportunity to fix things themselves, but they routinely choose not to.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The fact that you don't understand how embargoes hurt the economy clearly shows that your opinion can be safely discarded.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for showing how little your opinion should be respected! ☺️

[+] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml -14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In other words. Highly capitalistic people who own the country manage to unify for a common goal agains countries where noone owns everything.

[–] Pollux@leminal.space 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

^ Describing capitalist countries

Workers do own the means of production though under socialism through the state that prioritizes them over capitalists.

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago

Well, it doesn't matter their intention. One person owns everything and can always change his mind, which would not be possible compared to other countries that are somewhat seen as capitalistic.

I am unsure about america as america is a huge mess and is just the worst.

[+] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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[+] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml -6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sucks when the gov doesnt like you and just decides to kick you out, because you dont own anything in "communistic" countries compared to "democratic" or highly capitalistic countries... wait, I dont think you own your own house either in america compared to EU countries. Additionally some EU countries give you high safety and home when you lose everything.