sources
on the dprk
- right to housing and retirement, multi-party peoples democracy: constitution of the dprk
- power checks and balances: infographic: why the us is a dictatorship and the dprk isnt.
- welfare economy: prolewiki article about the dprk, section on economy (that whole article is generally really great and debunks a lot of western propaganda)
- democratic since inception: kim byong sik. "modern korea: the socialist north, revolutionary perspectives in the south, and unification." 1970.
on the rok
- poverty, slums: prolewiki-article on the term "hell josoen"
- political prisoners: western source confirming the existence of the national security law, stephen gowans (2018). patriots, traitors and empires: the story of koreas struggle for freedom: 'the political partition of korea' (pp. 115–116) , and the prolewiki-article on the rok, sections "national security law" and "unconverted long-term prisoners"
- widespread corruption: a lot of reporting can be found on this topic, even in western media. lets just take the government-sanctioned prostitution and sex trafficking as an example, though there is other equally horrific stuff, including the usage of disabled people as agricultural slaves.
- worlds second highest suicide rate: katrin park (2021-10-5). "south korea is no country for young people" doreign policy.
- tyrannical history: prolewiki-article on the rok, section "history" warning: very bleak read
debunking of anticipated liberal comments
norf korea no food
malnutrition was in fact a thing during the 1990s, though the portrayals of this time period, the so called "arduous march" in westen media are usually exaggerated. mostly omitted by american-allied media is the fact that those difficulties were caused by the inhumane and terrorist western sanctions and embargo against the dprk, as well as the cia-backed illegal and undemocratic dissolution of the ussr. nowadays problems regarding food security have pretty much seized to exist in the country.
hermit kingdom
first of all, the term itself is nothing but racist, orientalist nonsense, but whatever... the dprk is in no way a kingdom, its democratic model of governance, while obviously imperfect and worthy of (constructive) criticism, is explained in the constitution and infographic linked above.
furthermore, the county is neither "reclusive", nor internationally isolated. the dprk enjoys very friendly relations with fellow aes china, cuba, laos and vietnam, as well as anti-imperialist nations like iran, russia and palestine. the reason you dont hear much from inside the country is due to western press not wanting to report the truth.
no lights, no electricity
the famous "no lights"-photo is a photoshopped fake initially circulated by a southern far-right tabloid. here is an actual image of east asia, including the korean peninsula:
haircut police
unlike south korea, the dprk never had such policies. here is a very entertaining video debunking that myth.
all three of them held different positions within the government. kim ilsong was president, kim chongil chairman of the national defence commission and kim chongun is president of the state affairs. all of them were elected democratically and while it may be indeed necessary to criticize the fact that this one family has a relatively disproportionate level of political influence within its country, just look at ameticas bushs, clintons and kennedys
as you may have noticed none of those positions are called "supreme leader", ~~since this term is exclusively used by western media for propaganda purposes~~. and even if such a position did exist within the dprks political system, it wouldnt matter, since only material reality matters, not names.
Kind of weird how north korean government websites use the name used "exclusively by western media for propaganda", I wonder why that is since it clearly isn't the official name. https://mfa.gov.kp/view/article/9937
I'm so curious if you're intentionally lying or just very gullible.
Also since you're such a fan of comparing the dprk to the us, let's look at some numbers:
While both of these countries are far from perfect, one sure does look a whole lot more democratic than the other
looks like i was indeed wrong on the topic of the internal, albeit unofficial usage of the title "supreme leader". though as i said previously this doesent really matter, since only the material conditions are relevant, not the terminology used to describe them. changing the names of things doesnt change the things themselves. if one would now analyze the realities of both halves of the korean peninsula, they would see that the north has self-determination and socialism, while the south offers nothing but foreign occupation and oppression.
you then proceed to shift the goal posts in the discussion about the role of the kim family in comparison to the political class in the us, since the three people in question all had different positions. if one were to include the equivalent offices in the american political system into the equation, the picture becomes very different. also, in america, all those offices are in really only a facade, designed to hide the ugly face of the dictatorship of the parasitic bourgeoisie, the true rulers of the western empire and its colonies. all those rothschilds, duponts, trumps and rockefellers have been criminally amassing stolen wealth for generations, and unlike the leaders of the dprk, who truly serve the people, have never been elected. so yes, one sure does look a whole lot more democratic than the other, especially since the dprk isnt built upon war, genocide, slavery, colonialism and wage theft. making any sort of excuses for the us is like trying to excuse nazi germany.
also lmao at you calling me gullible for not blindly believing the hegemonic propaganda narrative of the west. please educate yourself about past and present crimes of the illegal north american settler-colonial entity and ask yourself wether such a country should be trusted about anything at all.
death to the united states of america
This is an insane argument I give up. Go move to north korea if you love it so much, I'll stay here enjoying my access to the internet and almost-functional democracy