China reaffirms ties with North Korea in high-level meeting (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

14 comments fedilink hide all child comments

all 17 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[+] sandman@lemmy.ca -6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think it'll be real interesting if "Communist" nations actually win.

They're way more unified and cohesive than capitalist ones.

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 6 months ago

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 6 months ago

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 6 months ago

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 6 months ago

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

[+] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml -14 points 6 months ago

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 6 months ago

^ 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 6 months 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 6 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

[deleted]

this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2024

60 points (92.9% liked)

World News

32286 readers

598 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

jackmarxist@lemmy.ml

zephyreks@lemmy.ml

OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml