Post #557789

2026-03-06 17:32 UTC

EVERYWHERE has its problems. And yes, that is the DPRK too. I want to establish that it’s even worth talking by making sure that y’all could budge on anything. otherwise this is a waste of time. I’m deeply open to new perspectives, and I love to hear them - they widen my world. But I have some experiences already that generally conflict with the messaging here. I’ve dated a Korean and been to Korea which has influenced me quite a lot.

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@Awoo@hexbear.net 2026-03-06 17:45

EVERYWHERE has its problems. And yes, that is the DPRK too. Sure, I don’t deny that. The issue here is what are they? You don’t know. I’ve actually visited and I could talk about some, but they’d be quite different to what you would talk about I suspect. I’ve dated a Korean and been to Korea which has influenced me quite a lot. Koreans in the south typically react with surprise whenever anyone on the left refers to what the US did in Korea as a genocide. Most of them have barely any knowledge of the five “republics” before the existing one, the sixth. Unless your partner was a trade unionist within the ROK I generally wouldn’t trust them to know what they’re talking about, much like I don’t trust the average liberal or magat to know what they’re talking about when it comes to the US, its history of barbarism or how it interacts with the world today.

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@Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 2026-03-07 02:10

Ah the “I have a black friend” argument

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