Message from @The Enlightened Shepherd
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re: the 90s famine
yeah
koreans have a long history of intensive agriculture
and are no africans
so if things are bad, they are really bad
shit is also bad for the old Soviet Russia reasons
yeah but isn't like 80% of the population farmers
I think so, not sure
probably if they fed themselves only in a localized, communal fashion
they would be fine
but then you add scale, and you add no real connection to their own production
@fallot yeah I've heard of the LBrothers from some random blog rec years ago.
sry for wikipedo
@fallot most Africans live at an early iron age level.
Circular thatch huts like the most primitive Irish tribes ( not the ones with the high kings)
yeah I know
Slabs and burn agriculture. Sub classical world. Medieval peasants are 2000 years ahead of them
North Korean peasants basically live in 1900
These are people who can't figure out crop rotation or building a spiked plough. Some have classical era board ploughs making them German peasants in antiquity.
Obviously, they have to somehow manage inner tensions
But NK is the only country in the world that dares to openly say
MILITARY FIRST
And make it an official state ideology
And not only that, but to make military the most important and most desirable social function, for both men and women
Meaning that bourgeoisie spirits are systematically annihilated over there
It seems that NK elite is clever enough to notice
That the only thing that can undermine that system, is a prolonged period of peace and sense of safety
Which is why they manufacture hostilities
hi
I am irate about "fake news"
everyone is so preachy and moral about how they do not look at "fake news" and facebook and google are pushing guides on "how to spot fake news (and alert us so we can take it down!)"
yet nobody notices that basically a few big companies have a complete monopoly on what you see on any topic, and now they are telling you what is true and what is false
it is just a corporatist version of state media
and nobody cares
there is all kinds of obvious corporate fascism going on today and nobody even notices at all
the fake news thing, the big megacorps that decide what you see and hear have actually convinced the average person that anyone who even questions their right to absolute control of truth is ignorant or seditious
the all-devouring and the inversion