Post #3393049

2026-06-24 20:21 UTC

yeah so.. remember that kid who went to north Korea, and then he got arrested and eventually sent home in a coma? that DPRK? anyone who thinks the DPRK is some hidden utopia is a dumbass

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@RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2026-06-24 20:28

Ah yes the two options, secret dystopia or literal mordor. These are the parameters of a very serious conversation

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@CleoCommunist@lemmy.ml 2026-06-25 09:25

No One says its a utopia, we Just Say It was portrayed worse than it Is. Like sharks ig

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@Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2026-06-25 10:52

His parents denied an autopsy after he died, and the doctor that examined him found no evidence of mistreatment. It seems likely that he contracted illness like botulism, and was returned before his sentence was complete as a show of goof will. Regardless, nobody is saying the DPRK is a utopia. There are good aspects to the DPRK, but more than anything it is a real country, not literally Mordor as many westerners make it out to be. The image of a hellscape is used to justify sanctions and dehumanization of northern Koreans.

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