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Never thought I would agree with Nth Korea but they are right.
They have just as much a right to launch satellites as every other nation does.
They also have every right to pursue nuclear technology. Same goes for Iran and etc. Who the fuck are we to tell them what they can or can't do as a nation of human beings?
Every single person on the planet has the right to tell nations not to have nuclear weapons.
North Korea and similar nations hold power thru the use of force and intimidation. What makes the government legitimate and recognized? Or better put, if another person or entity use force and intimidation to take control of that nation, what makes that less legitimate? After all they are following the rules of the previous government.
Absolutely. The US allows to to gain control via a democratic system. Flawed like all systems but still democratic. If you can gain power thru that system then you are the legitimate government.
North Korea is thru violence and forces that they maintain power. If you have the means to take control by their rules, then why is that less legitimate and unacceptable by many people? Is there a reason you think only Kim Jong Un alone should be able to use force to hold power?
So all they do in south america and elsewhere are all democratic ?
A country's right to nuclear weapons is equivalent to their ability to make other countries fuck off. No more, no less.
And they do. But the US uses its political and economic influence to make it difficult to get anything to be able to explore nuclear tech for countries that aren't totally stable. We can and should exercise that power when they threaten us, despite them being mostly empty threats.