North Korea

We're discussing one of the countries of the axes of evol. Cheri is only mini-me accomplice at KAOS headquarters.

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There is no doubt that Korea is an authoritarian state and that the Jong-Ils have developed cults of personality in place of popular government. But in analyzing N. Korea and the famines that have raged in recent years, one can't ignore the role of energy, and in particular oil, and the North's development of industrial agriculture.

VanGoghs Ear wrote:

Don't worry about it Joey - Democratic socialists and anarchists like George Orwell and Albert Camus were alienated by some on the left for their critical comments of Soviet Communism.  You're in good company - intellectual honesty and integrity are most important.

We don't even have the excuse that people like Sidney and Beatrice Webb had that independent information about the Soviet Union was limited so wishful thinking and propaganda had their effect resulting in their retrospectively hilarious works about it. By contrast, you can monitor North Korea on Google Earth if you like.

Jebus.

Closing for length, and drift, and personal insults being thrown hither and yon.

The language discussion is here.