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A community about anything related to Korea, such as news about the countries (DPRK and south), discussion, photos and videos, the language, etc.
See also: !juchegang@lemmygrad.ml, which is intended for memes rather than serious discussion of these topics.
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No imperialist apologia. The DPRK didn't start the war. US imperialist invasion was not justified. Neither are their army bases in south Korea. The sanctions were and are not justified.
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Be skeptical of your sources. Don't trust the media that has been known to report many falsehoods about Korea already. (You may still link to them if they write something interesting / worth reading, just be careful.)
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What we're giving you is factual evidence that an authoritarian system to prevent an overthrow of the dictatorship of the proletariat is actually great as it prevents capitalist roaders and other subversive entities from betraying a revolution that hundreds of thousands died for.
China and Cuba were pieces of this evidence that you ignore when you say "more democracy is always better". In a global capitalist economy, it is not, because of an exploitative economic system that upsets and destroys the benefits of "liberal democracy".
The problem is corruption is a part of any political system. Democratic/Authoritarian. It doesn't matter. The reason why Authoritarian systems are not as good a Democracies for the people is that in Authoritarian systems there is one point of power, the leader. If that person stops caring about the people, then that becomes a big problem. Another revolution will need to happen.
In a Democracy the power is with the people (If done well. The US news got bought out by the bourgeoisie thus dooming us). It is harder and more expensive to corrupt that.
Given we don't find a way to ideologically stop capital, it will always be corrupting whatever government. Another revolution will always need to happen. It just takes longer for Democracies to decay.
You misread my point. Authoritarian systems with democratic checks n balances (One party, governed by the working class) is a concept that is fundamentally incompatible with liberal democracy as you view it since it operates under the basis of exploitative capitalism.
It is not the "authoritarian system" that deprives an individual of power but rather the economic system fostered and used by the state in acts of violence. In a democracy, power can easily be coopted by that economic system so one must be constructed to prevent a take-over. That requires authoritarianism. What form? Can vary and depend.
We have found a way. It's communism. China and Cuba are socialist. In the brief period of their existence they are more successful comparatively. Even the USSR had a similar caloric intake to the average American and had a higher home-ownership rate. What does that tell you?
I mean an authoritarian system does deprive people of power. By definition only a few people have power in authoritarian system.
You can have corruption in governments that aren't capitalist. It's just a matter of knowing what people want and how to manipulate them.