Maybe something to do with the sanctions imposed famine conditions
Maybe something to do with the sanctions imposed famine conditions
For any who have never seen it somehow, check out the short documentary Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul for more information on how most defectors are treated. They are often coerced, bribed or deceived. SK withholds passport privileges and doesn’t recognize DRPK passport, so they cannot leave the country legally and are trapped without documentation or money or any support.
Some sell out and become informants, spies, anti-DPRK propagandists. Those that don’t must be careful to speak their mind at any time because any statement that is pro-DPRK will get you prosecuted under the National Security Act and placed in prison. Good luck ever getting a job after that, and you’ve got nowhere to go. Intel services stalk you and harass you, and people report you to the police for statements like “I admire Kim Il Sung”
my lib father was quite taken off guard when I said that Zelensky is an autocrat, and asked him if this was the “western values” he believed they were fighting for. I mentioned how he had shut down all opposition parties, canceled elections & assassinated his political opponents in DPR/LPR.
All he could muster was a half-hearted defense of him that it was war time and elections would be held afterwards, but I brought up numerous examples of nations holding elections during war time (Such as Russia recently, Britain in WW2, USA in WW2, etc). He basically just gave up there and admitted he was a dictator.
they are doing a genocide, but also they are our friend and ally and have a right to defend themselves
Breath through the Tube
They aren’t, they are saying to vote Kamala as harm reduction in 2024
it will be less of an invasion, and more of a willing occupation of “peacekeepers” who will remain there permanently to create a buffer between Russia and Poland
if nuclear weapons are being used, civilization is fucked. this has little to do with civilian nuclear energy
even the most cut corners janky capitalist nuclear power is better than what we do now with killing the world with oil. Coal power plants killed more people in the last year than nuclear has in its entire existence, by several orders of magnitude
Zelenskyy has perfected it. Just cancel elections and declare yourself the most democratic nation on Earth
notice how principled socialist nations don’t have a “green” party screaming about nuclear power. Western leftists, take note.
wondering when this particular contradiction will boil over
Fellow traveler is such a good turn of phrase
PRC used to have cool foreign policy. They used to kill Americans in Korea. Now they are so integrated into the global capitalism system they are frozen and unable to act
China has been rather slow
It’s so fucking hard to get them off their asses. They are still trading with Israel!
https://eadaily.com/en/news/2024/09/06/about-fifty-french-mercenaries-were-killed-in-konstantinovka
according to russia, 50 frogs boiled
they should still arm ansarallah discretely through iran
It would be a good time but I’m not holding my breath. China is the epitome of nothing ever happens
You can take non-identifying photos of POWs to show numbers of captures, including showing their badges and info. You just can’t show their faces or make them say things pretty sure.
Like you said, nobody seems to give a fuck about this rule on either side though