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Tankies take a moment to engage in some North Korea propaganda. 'North Korea is a democracy' (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by goat@sh.itjust.works to c/meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works

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also downvoted for preferring democracy lol

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[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Western communists who know it’s bullshit but see it as their duty to say it anyway? People with mental illness? People who just want a tribe to be part of? Who the hell is participating in this? Why?

Yeah, pretty much summed it up. As for the why? it's because they are lonely and lazy.

Also, I took a look. Their video of people “enjoying” is very weird. It reminds me of the USSR Billy Joel concert with him yelling at his crew to take the cameras off people because they were only allowed to have fun off camera.

I can believe the video is authentic. But it's important to note that these are the 0.1 percent of North Koreans, the ultra rich. Most are incredibly impoverished. The video's weird because none of them want to get sand on themselves, they don't want to look like the dirty peasants, hence their awkward movements. Appearance is very important in North Korea.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 1 day ago

Oh, it definitely looked genuine to me (although obviously I have no idea). It just didn't look like anyone was having any fun.