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Kim Jong-Un Bans All Weddings, Funerals And Freedom Of Movement In North Korea (independent.co.uk)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: Weddings and funerals have been banned and Pyongyang is in lockdown as preparations for a once-in-a-generation party congress get underway in North Korea. The ruling Worker's Party of Korea, headed by the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, is due to stage the first gathering of its kind for 36 years on Friday. Free movement in and out of the capital has also been forbidden and there has been an increase in inspections and property searches, according to Daily NK, which claims to have sources in the country. The temporary measures are said to be an attempt to minimize the risk of "mishaps" at the event, according to Cheong Joon-hee, a spokesman at South Korea's Unification Ministry. Meanwhile, North Korea has been conducting missile tests left and right, many of which have failed miserably.
North Korea is leftist in much the same way that the Andromeda Galaxy is gluten free.
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The Bible is like Wikipedia: written by a bunch of people and verifiable by questionable sources.
I'm not 100% sure your example is right: There may be a habitable planet with something resembling wheat somewhere in the andromeda galaxy - so there may be at least some risk for a fellow traveler with coeliac disease.
At least a higher risk than finding left wing extremism like universal health care or clean drinking water in North Korea.
You do know that it's the Democrats that want to take your stuff, dictate your pay, tell you what kind of car you're allowed to drive and when, while dictating what temperature you're allowed to set on your thermostat and what kinds of light bulbs you're allowed to buy, right? Difference is they do it For Your Own Good, of course.
In the same vein, the Republicans want to take your stuff, remove worker's protections, tell you who you can have sex with and how, while dictating which deity you're allowed to pray to.
In short - both parties want to take your stuff and control how you live. We are mice voting between black and white cats.
What, the No True Scotsman fallacy again? Seriously, when is the Left going to start owning their ideology's problems, instead of every single time using No True Scotsman to dodge responsibility again and again?
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
While we're making fun of all the psychotic shit in North Korea, half of us are carrying cellphones assembled by slaves in factories with suicide nets installed under the windows.
It makes me wonder who put together my Samsung!
I don't need to "dodge responsibility" for North Korea any more than you need to do the same for Saudi Arabia. But any dunce can see that South Korea is way more liberal than North Korea.
Its Kim you insensitive clod trying to get rid of his dissidents.
And there is a risk that everything you have heard about North Korea is wrong, that all information you have about it just is propaganda so that you won't see what real freedom is like.
If you go to North Korea as a tourist, how do you know that you aren't led into a fake city setup in South Korea to make North Korea look like a dictatorship?
The analogy still holds, Andromeda is gluten free enough.
What, the No True Scotsman fallacy again? Seriously, when is the Left going to start owning their ideology's problems, instead of every single time using No True Scotsman to dodge responsibility again and again?
It isn't a True Scotsman if you can single out which ones are true before one points out the flaws.
You can whine all you want about the horrors of socialism and parent can just point at the Nordic countries and claim "This is socialism done right, here is the True Scotsman"
What country are you going to point at to show capitalism done right? Do you know one that haven't turned into cronyism where the rich are above the law? One where the free market actually exists and haven't been put out of order by oligopolies?
Where is your True Scotsman?
It's not really No True Scotsman. The Andromeda Galaxy *is* gluten free. That's not really the relevant part of North Korea though.
North Korea is:
- Totalitarian
- Isolationist
- Cult of personality for dear leader
- Essentially a monarchy
These are not left wing ideals. They aren't right wing ideals either. They show the limitations of the one-dimensional political axis.
These things come to mind much more readily than stuff like their taxation system (I looked it up; officially they have 0 taxes but obviously in practice that's BS, still, no income taxes).
Nope. You're thinking of authoritarian. Left wing, by actual definition, refers to political groups favouring liberal, progressive or radical views or political reform. North Korea doesn't allow for "wings" per se, but it is firmly opposed to all those principles.
On what fucking planet can you have leftist policies without imposing them via authoritarian means? Or do you really think it's NOT authoritarian in any way to FORCE a devout Christian baker to make a cake for a gay marriage? How is it NOT authoritarian to FORCE 9-year-old girls to share a bathroom with a 35-year-old self-styled "trans" MAN WITH A PENIS
Oh, no. That's not AUTHORITARIAN at all.
Oh, right. Your planet is in the Andromeda galaxy.
Your obsession with "left" vs "right" and your inability to handle discontiguous concepts is preventing you from understanding things. I'd look into that.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
What is leftist about a tyrannical despot who only spends money on the military? No seriously, please explain how NK is the left's fault.
Sorry, teleporters just kill you and then make a copy. A perfect, soul-less copy.
Seriously, what planet are you from where you have ANY policies without imposing them via "authoritarian" means?. (I am guessing you are claiming that all laws are authoritarian)
Sorry, teleporters just kill you and then make a copy. A perfect, soul-less copy.
Stop making such ridiculous generalizations. I'm sure they sound all right and dandy to you, but to anyone with more than a passing grasp of critical thinking you are raising "I AM AN IDIOT" flags left, right and center.