Ahhhhh communism.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worl...rth-korea/

The simple answer is that we don’t, and can’t, know for sure. North Korea-watchers seem skeptical about this one, sensational report, but they often point out that stories of micro-famine and cannibalism are coming at a worryingly regular pace.

Hate to break it to you but NK is fascist not communist. Besides that, your utopia would cause MANY people to starve and if it gets basd enough, could resort to it too.

(04-30-2013 12:34 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Hate to break it to you but NK is fascist not communist. Besides that, your utopia would cause MANY people to starve and if it gets basd enough, could resort to it too.

Communism by its very nature has a fascist element. Name a major communist country that didn't have an iron fist at the helm.

And capitalism, btw, has done more than any other force to raise everybody's quality of living.

I bet they wish they could get some of our delicious birds and snow coffee.

As an amateur NK watcher, I would lean towards these reports being greatly, if not completely, exaggerated. Reports from defectors have often been proven false (though not all, for sure) and reports from many western NGO often paint pictures worse than reality, to keep the donations (and high NGO salaries) flowing without interruptions.

Although if it was going to exist, it would have happened in the late 90's famine as noted in the article.

None of what I posted excuses the North Korean government for their human right atrocities.

I posted an article about two months ago on this from India. I believe it has been going on for
a long time in North Korea. Just too many different stories about it for it not to be true.

You had to know somebody would post this....