Bruh

Before communism

Well

Weird

Soviet style commies, the ones that fascists fought in WW2

They aren't. They do have portraits of Lenin on in some buildings, but they aren't Communists. Their ideology is much more nationalistic and traditionalist and they simply don't probably even know what Nazis and Fascists really are because all their information came from the Soviets and they used it as a word for everyone they don't like.

It seems the only reason why they ever discouraged Christianity was because of association with the US

And because the US actually has attempted to spy on them using Protestant churches.

Man, it's not like the soviets weren't nationalist or traditionalist. but nationalism doesn't make a nation necessarily ok. Especially when their policy is lying to their people and as the state stealing all their fucking properties and make them starve to death

They just missed "sending dog to space" on the good communist nation checklist

daily reminder the fastest object in the world is a manhole cover

https://www.businessinsider.com/fastest-object-robert-brownlee-2016-2

North Korea is unepic

I'd say DPRK is far more nationalist and traditionalist than the USSR was.

North Korean propaganda isn't much worse than propaganda against it, it's just cruder and more old-fashioned.

And planned economy is not new to Korea as well.

The DPRK funds fascist groups in the US.

Nice thing about DPRK is that they keep the totalitarian tradition of building huge structures.

They actually build neoclassical buildings mixing that with modern and traditional Korean styles.

Ah yes, North Korea is based because they maintain their culture of ensuring their whole populations gets damned to hell with state atheism and churches for diplomats, and le epic brutalist architecture

Nothing says traditionalism and cultural preservation like massive disgusting concrete slobs

There are traditional motifs in them.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Kumsusan_Memorial_Palace%2C_Pyongyang.jpg/800px-Kumsusan_Memorial_Palace%2C_Pyongyang.jpg

As I said, 1.7% of North Koreans are Christians. Those churches aren't just for diplomats.

>concrete slobs

If brutalism is your tradition then you should through out your tradition

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Mansudae_Assembly_Hall.jpg/800px-Mansudae_Assembly_Hall.jpg

Also concrete slobs aren't necessarily bad if done correct.

I still prefer more traditional styles tho.

@Heterosexual Gamer Monarchist they dont

Their state is stalinism encarnate

How can you defend a marxist state

@Mankn II China is literally more Marxist than DPRK at this point.

doubt

They took elements that differentiated Stalinism from common Marxism and pushed them further.

DPRK is basically the Soviet Union

Making themselves based.

exept they are very isolationists

why would a support such a degenerate state

USSR was a liberal paradise compared to DPRK.