Submitted 1 day ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
A handful of ultra-rich people would lose a little bit of power and their entire social structure would collapse. That country won’t open back up without tremendous suffering, especially as long as the rich people in power stay rich and powerful by keeping things the way they are.
Similar to everywhere else.
Yup. If red, brown, and cash fascism are all focused on extorting the many while benefiting the elite through corruption and repression, then is capitalism really a way to improvement?
It’s simple, the people who need help are not in charge. Those who are in control, benefit from the horrible situation they put everyone else through. The entire country thinks the kims are gods.
Because that would result in regime change. The interests of the rulers and the interests of the country are not aligned.
They got a bunch of aid back in the 90s fwiw en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s_North_Korean_famine
NK is run by A Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un.
Kim’s title is Supreme Leader and he is a brutal dictator who was raised and educated in Switzerland. He is at least 100 pounds overweight and has everything he could ever want. The only help he wants is figuring out who in his government is a threat to his power. Kim once had a political opponent killed by having him shot with an anti-aircraft gun.
Kim has 30 millions slaves who provide Kim and the ruling class with everything they want.
They already get lots of money without admitting their system sucks.
You assume those in charge are interested in helping out the average citizen, they aren’t.
It’s been a while, but there used to be a joke that whenever NK needed an aid package, they would fire off a missile. This was in the years before the world went bugfuck right wing crazy
the ones in power are probably quite well off there, so from their point of view the country is working perfectly.
The leadership would not stay in power if they did that.
Juche. That’s why. A fucked, currupt and nihilistic interpretation of Juche.
It’d open the floodgates for “”“aid”“” that actually aims to put up a far-right capitalist dictatorship.
Socialist states only take aid from other socialist states and stateless communist societies.
Are you trying to imply a country run into the ground by a straight up dictator is socialist?
Are you stupid?
I just want to know where a stateless society exists ATM. Never mind how that’s to be achieved with ape psychology.
Is the stateless communist society in the room with us now? Can you give an example?
Because they literally can’t? The NK government isn’t having the problem. It’s causing it, and also preventing people from leaving or even communicating with the outside world.
garth@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Since the mid-20th century, North Korea’s domestic politics have centered on the idea that the whole world is out to get them, and therefore they must be fiercely independent from outside influence. Openly asking for international aid would be like admitting defeat against all their political enemies, real and imagined. Nobody in power is going to do that.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
This. Their entire system of authoritarian control depends on it. The people are brainwashed into believing it’s true and if cracks start to appear in the facade, the government could (and definitely would for NK) quickly lose control of the people. The regime would be toppled.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Not that I support the DPRK, but considering the massive rise of fascism, I don’t think it’s anywhere near ‘wrong’ to consider capitalism a danger.
I criticise the DPRK for its horrific repression, but considering what capitalism in the US has brought, it is naïve to assume the US is all benevolent.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 day ago
Are civilians really brainwashed and think it’s true though? Or are they just like regular people and deal with it while getting through the daily grind?
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
So OP nailed it lol
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
But they could do it and not tell the people.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It might not be that easy to keep it a secret