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Zzzxxxyyy wrote

I think NK has legitimate reasons for why they were paranoid and aggressively defensive against SK and the USA. The US has not acknowledged the war crimes they committed and without acknowledgement there really couldn’t be peace.

This agreement happened because US has lost its relative position in power over SK and NK. NK now has nuclear weapons technology and doesn’t need to test anymore to improve or prove it has nuclear weapons. SK finally saw a benefit in making peace with NK as the US has taken on an unofficial ‘fend for yourself’ policy.

Overall, I see all of this as a positive shift. Nuclear powers avoid direct conflict as escalating carries potentially dire consequences. NK suddenly finds a seat at the nuclear table and suddenly peace talks are possible. Thus logically it follows it was always SK and the US who were opposed to peace and NK can likely be trusted.

NK unshackled by trade embargoes, and at peace with it’s neighbors, will be able to have a functional economy and hopefully will be able to flourish as a functional example of communism.

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jaidedctrl wrote

NK unshackled by trade embargoes, and at peace with it’s neighbors, will be able to have a functional economy and hopefully will be able to flourish as a functional example of communism.

You don't really think that NK has an economic system anywhere near Socialism or Communism, do you?

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Zzzxxxyyy wrote

Have they ever existed in an environment where capitalists weren’t actively trying to topple their government?

This is the irony of power and provocation, the bully forces the victim into a state of survival and the bully ends up looking like the good guy.

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jaidedctrl wrote (edited )

Have they ever existed in an environment where capitalists weren’t actively trying to topple their government?

That can rightly justify some otherwise fucked up things… to a certain degree. The NK, however, has long since passed that margin.
It's clear that any attempt to establish a leftist political & economic system was half-hearted at best.

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____deleted____ wrote

They don't even call themselves communist anymore. They removed it from their constitution.

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Zzzxxxyyy wrote

They’re still called Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea...

I’m genuinely curious what/when they removed what you’re talking about from their constitution.

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