• goat@sh.itjust.worksM
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    so cute the way he edited the title, the article originally says South Korea. He legitimately made the conscious effort to change the title of an article and posted it to a worldnews community. So strange they think North Korea is a paradise, it’s really weird.

    The comments are great as well, right-click to view.

    How dare you use whataboutism! only I AM allowed to use whataboutism! Banned!

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    Yogthos is a moron he literally posts Chinese propaganda if you ask about Tiananmen Square it’s my favorite on the Internet. If you get him to do it check out the link he provides all sources say the exact opposite it’s so funny they literally think they can just claim sources and people won’t check

    edit; https://redsails.org/another-view-of-tiananmen/#fn24

    this is the link he sent me before

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    I love how they claim to be the champions of the non-anglos, and yet they have no fucking clue what my family in “occupied Korea” wants or needs. I wonder if if they would have the gall to dismiss them for being “too American” or whatever even though they dont even speak English

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    The .ml tankies who love North Korea have literal physical worms in their brains or something.

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    It’s one of those things where yes, you can recognize that the US supported an inhumane regime in the south that was at least 50% the reason why Korea was pushed to civil war, simply for its own selfish geopolitical purposes… while also recognizing that there’s been a lot of water under the bridge since then. And while the South made good progress on its governance, the North went totally the opposite way.

    But when your brain is fueled on “everything the US is against, I must support”, such considerations go out the window.

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      It’s one of those things where yes, you can recognize that the US supported an inhumane regime in the south that was at least 50% the reason why Korea was pushed to civil war,

      Bruh, the South Korean regime before democratization was terrible, but the human rights standards of either Korea had very little to do with why civil war broke out. Both Koreas agreed that there was only one Korea, but the Soviet occupied North had already established itself as a ML regime and was uninterested in the UN supervised elections.

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        It’s not quite so straightforward.

        If I recall my history correctly there were several opportunities for the North and South to work something out but to a large degree Syngman Rhee blocked it because he insisted on his own dictatorship rather than devolving any power to various labor-run initiatives around the country. (He was on the US/UN side and still turned out to be a maniac so those UN elections were mostly a symbol) That, and killing a bunch of unionizers of course.

        It is true the Soviets had their own outcome they were angling for, but without US support Rhee would probably have been forced out and a compromise could have been reached.

        Broadly speaking the Soviets were a lot less interested in securing outright puppet regimes than the US. History shows they were more reactive than proactive, so had the US backed off they might well have left it alone. Then again, this is of course a hypothetical.

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          Rhee blocked initiatives after he was in power, but the refusal of the Soviets to engage in the UN-endorsed elections before Rhee was established was the core issue of there not being one Korea instead of two. Everything after that was “Southern dictatorship vs. Northern dictatorship”, yeah.

          Rhee was a piece of shit that we supported, though, no doubt.

          Broadly speaking the Soviets were a lot less interested in securing outright puppet regimes than the US. History shows they were more reactive than proactive, so had the US backed off they might well have left it alone.

          … I beg your pardon

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            So we’re talking a bit past each other then. You have mentioned the cause of a divided Korea, which I largely agree with. (Although the US/UN were perhaps too quick on the trigger to hold elections only in the South, though it likely made no difference to the ultimate outcome) I was talking about the cause of the war. In my mind they are not the same thing, albeit two steps on the same dire path.

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              I’m of the opinion that as soon as there were two Koreas, war was inevitable, barring a total collapse of one regime or the other.

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    All that burgerland talk is making me want a bison burger, but all the Korea talk is making me want nakji-bokkeum. Decisions, decisions…

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        Oooh, bison bulgogi, bison galbi, either would be good in bibimbap. I’ve got a couple things to try.

        BTW: Yesterday I ended up going to the burger joint, but I got the bone marrow burger with a couple drams of Glenfarclas 18.