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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Frankly Oilstain saw what they want him to see, they didn't take him to any of the Northern areas where they have numerous gulags and man killing mines, or the forced education camps.
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Of course not, but frankly if you were on a guided tour in Vancouver they wouldn't parade you down East Hastings Street either. They will try and show you the parts of the city that they are proud of.
We all know that North Korea is a totalitarian regime with what essentially amounts to a royal family using the country as their personal playground.
Its not all dismal living conditions for the entire country however. It's all relative of course, but in comparison to some other underdeveloped countries, life in Pyongyang may not be the worst existence. If you are comparing the living conditions in Cambodia, India, Yemen, Afghanistan or any other number of failed states to North Korea, then North Korea is the victor there.
In no way would I ever want to live in a place like North Korea with its lack of freedoms, but to say there are zero bright spots there is not accurate either.
The city itself is clean and orderly. The people are educated and take pride in themselves and what they do. The character of the people and culture has more in common with Japan/Taiwan/South Korea than they do with the Chinese or other Southeast Asian Nations. If North Korea were able to throw off the shackles of the Kim regime I would be very surprised if they didn't become a strong, successful state in short order.