They violently crush all dissent, but there are literally social democrats as a significant minority party? That's bullshit on its face. Also Kim Jung Un has less power than his father, who had less power than his father, and wouldn't even be in power if the guy before him (who wasn't in any way related to the Kims) tried to implement capitalist reforms and then tried to coup the government when he received pushback.

they just need to hold actual elections to replace their entire government!

Pretty sure they do that regularly. You dont have to agree with it, but are you capable of restating the viewpoint of why a concensus process with a confirmation vote is democratic, according to MLs?

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

are you capable of feeling shame?

[–] P00P_L0LE@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you capable of engaging with TB's points instead of falling back into insults to save face?

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ive done this song and dance before. there's nothing to engage. they've already edited their comment multiple times to say almost entirely different things. calling that party a "significant minority" is insane lie. if i linked literally anything from anywhere you'd just call it western propaganda. im not putting the effort in for you morons.

you're literally claiming that north. korea. has a functioning democracy. get a grip.

[–] P00P_L0LE@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Okay, well, if you feel like reading a book sometime, I highly recommend Patriots, Traitors, and Empires: The story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom, by political analyst Stephen Gowans (he's not a commie, no reason to be scared)(edit: he's a marxist), it goes into the history of the Korean peninsula, starting from the Japanese colonization in the early 1900s, through WW2, the division of the country into North/South, the Korean war, through to present day, answering why North Korea (DPRK) is where it's at today.

Here's an article that goes over the basics of it all, if you're not up for reading the whole book (but it's a very good book)

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Well, I figured I have free rein to edit until you say something of substance in response