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by angersock on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @10:53PM
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Well, on the bright side, they've probably killed more of their own people through allocating resources to such a thing instead of food and whatnot than they'll ever manage to take out with the weapon.
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How is that the bright side? Those people are innocent! It's not as though you can blame them for being born in North Korea! (And those who starve are guaranteed to not be those who are in power.)
Plus, I'm not sure to what degree actual starvation is currently a problem in North Korea. It's probably more about e.g. health care not being modern?
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by chimeracoder on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @11:03PM
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> Plus, I'm not sure to what degree actual starvation is currently a problem in North Korea. It's probably more about e.g. health care not being modern?
No, it's not about just about health care. They literally have massive food shortages, particularly outside Pyongyang.
How is the North Korean regime starving its own citizens possibly a "bright side"?!
Definitely sounds like a lose-lose
Well I for one have no beef with starving North Korean peasant farmers. So there is no bright side as far as I am concerned.
It's also little to no consolation that the Kims regularly purge the military ruling classes as well, while the people starve.