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Perhaps the DPRK wouldn’t be as poor and reclusive if they hadn’t had almost all the cities in the north bombed until there was nothing left by Americans. And South Korea’s situation was really not that great either for a long time. It was led by brutal US installed leaders like Singman Rhee. The north was much better off by most metrics until later on.

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TheDankHold@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So it’s better despite having an equally brutal regime? With a leader worship akin to Ancient Rome? It feels like you’re splitting hairs tbh.

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EndlessApollo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
“DPRK” opinion invalidated

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- Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  using the names of countries I don’t like is bad. i am very smart
  
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  - MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I hope you call Russia the Russian Federation, Germany as the Federal Republic of Germany, etc.
    
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    Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    There are a number of states that involve split countries, contested land, or military occupation, where it is useful to be specific. Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland both exist in the country of Ireland. DPRK and ROK both exist in the country of Korea. Israel and occupied Palestine both exist in the country of Palestine. Republic of Somalia and Republic of Somaliland both exist in the country of Somalia. The PRC and ROC both exist within the country of China. Before reunification, there were the DDR/GDR and BRD/FRG in the country of Germany
    
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- HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Same goes for “USA” ?
  
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crackajack@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
North Korea had higher standards of living than South Korea until the 1980s. Bombing hasn’t really got anything to with how bad North Korean system is.

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MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Maybe North Korea wouldn’t suck if they didn’t start a war that they couldn’t win.🤷🏿

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DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s undeniable that the embargo is responsible for quite a lot of economic suffering in North Korea while only strengthening the Kim monarchy’s grip.

It’s also undeniable that the South Korean government eventually reformed their way out of fascism. Was that narrow, twisty, and decades long path worth the war that was fought, given it is also simply impossible to say what would have happened if the Allies had let the fascists in South Korea be conquered?

Would that have strengthened the Kims, or would they be more like the modern Vietnamese government? Or would they just have been annexed by the PRC?

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