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[WinterIsComing]

The US-led UN command released dramatic video showing a North Korean soldier dash across border into South Korea as North Korean troops fire at him.

North Korean defector runs for his life

Deport me if old.

 

[Winters_Solace]

His family are fucked if they are in N.Korea

 

[Social]

His family are fucked if they are in N.Korea

Maybe they already were.

 

[Neo_Geo]

The most fucked of all is going to be that one N. Korean soldier that fell down in pursuit. The reprimand will not be fun for them I believe.

Hopefully family and anyone associated with the soldier are taken out quickly, a quick release from this world is, imho, better than being trapped in N Korea for your foreseeable future.

 

[Militant17]

Maybe they already were.

yeah something tells me with a mad dash like that to the border that this man had nothing to lose, hope he recovers. Such a sad state of affairs in NK. The people are suffering while the world watches.

 

[JordanN]

His family are fucked if they are in N.Korea

As sad as it sounds, being born into a communist country is already a death sentence.

Famines run rampant in socialist societies, that a birthday gift is literally a bowl of rice a whole family has to sit around and watch the person eat.

Now imagine living like that for 70 years, with zero freedoms.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

The most fucked of all is going to be that one N. Korean soldier that fell down in pursuit. The reprimand will not be fun for them I believe.

After the crash? I think that guy just went prone to start firing at the defector

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Soooo did the guy make it across to SK? Not entirely sure from the video, just that he was wounded

 

[Dreadnought]

After the crash? I think that guy just went prone to start firing at the defector

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Soooo did the guy make it across to SK? Not entirely sure from the video, just that he was wounded

He made it and was recovered. He just regained consciousness today after being shot multiple times.

 

[T.v]

For some reason I always imagined the border as more of a wasteland, they way it is talked about paints a different picture than this. Still, functionally it's the same and this video is a good reminder of the way things are over there.

 

[Lovely Salsa]

What would happen if a soldier went fuck this world and killed the dear leade

 

[Neo_Geo]

After the crash? I think that guy just went prone to start firing at the defector

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Soooo did the guy make it across to SK? Not entirely sure from the video, just that he was wounded

Good catch, perfect prone lead in...Though it seems like they could have just shot him without wasting the several seconds to set up in that position as he was not that far away, unless their weapons are POS grade?

 

[Reverse Giraffe]

What a harrowing escape. The North Koreans who fired at the actual DMZ.. there need to be consequences.

 

[Neo_Geo]

What a harrowing escape. The North Koreans who fired at the actual DMZ.. there need to be consequences.

A letter detailing how angry America and the rest of the world are, and how "moved" China is about the situation then some slowly starve the State sanctions incoming?

 

[TTOOLL]

As sad as it sounds, being born into a communist country is already a death sentence.

Famines run rampant in socialist societies, that a birthday gift is literally a bowl of rice a whole family has to sit around and watch the person eat.

Now imagine living like that for 70 years, with zero freedoms.

That's not real Socialism™ you know... /s



@topic, the guy is a real hero.

 

[JordanN]

Good catch, perfect prone lead in...Though it seems like they could have just shot him without wasting the several seconds to set up in that position as he was not that far away, unless their weapons are POS grade?

He was probably scared to waste bullets because even those have shortages in communism. 😂 😂 😂

 

[TransTrender]

Wow. Practically point blank with at least 3 people shooting at him and they didn't wound him enough to stop him.

A shooting war with these guys would be a complete joke.

 

[jimmypython]

Cnn has also reported that severe parasite infections found inside him.

Very very bad situation in NK.

 

[SoundofSilence]

Cnn has also reported that severe parasite infections found inside him.

Very very bad situation in NK.

They found parasitic worms inside him that were as much as 10 inches long. The surgeon said he has never seen anything like this in his career - some of the parasites have only ever been seen in dogs.

Besides this, the soldier has hepatitis B and a chronic liver infection.

So yes, NK's living conditions and food supply are inherently fucked beyond belief.

 

[macfoshizzle]

so because they violated the rules, what does that mean? what could happen?

 

[macfoshizzle]

well i guess he jumped from the pan into the fire because with net neutrality is about to go communist

 

[Reverse Giraffe]

A letter detailing how angry America and the rest of the world are, and how "moved" China is about the situation then some slowly starve the State sanctions incoming?

No, I was hoping South Korea would do something.

 

[winterymint]

No, I was hoping South Korea would do something.

Do what? Attack back at N Korea? Start an all out war? Lose more millions of lives?

 

[AmaiMask]

God bless that NKorean Soldier, may he make a full recovery and be given his pick of the finest South Korean K-Pop Idol to personally perform for him, among "other things" as well.

This guy certainly deserves it, he totally embarrassed Kim with this stunt.

 

[k91191]

They found a bunch of parasitic worms inside of him.

 

[JordanN]

No, I was hoping South Korea would do something.

It's a sad situation and I really feel for the oppressed North Koreans...

...but it's literally dealing with a Toddler holding a nuclear bomb.

South Korea has done well for itself, there is no need for them to throw out 50 years of success and hard work, to be engulfed in radiation by a shithole socialist state north of them.

The best they can do is rescue any defectors who wish to flee from the state and give them a better life in South Korea.

 

[Euphor!a]

It's a sad situation and I really feel for the oppressed North Koreans...

...but it's literally dealing with a Toddler holding a nuclear bomb.

South Korea has done well for itself, there is no need for them to throw out 50 years of success and hard work, to be engulfed in radiation by a shithole socialist state north of them.

The best they can do is rescue any defectors who wish to flee from the state and give them a better life in South Korea.

lol, do you really think you are fooling anyone with your weird anti-socialist propaganda you're spewing in this topic? The North Korea situation has nothing to do with socialism.

 

[SoundofSilence]

It's a sad situation and I really feel for the oppressed North Koreans...

...but it's literally dealing with a Toddler holding a nuclear bomb.

Americans and North Koreans certainly have one thing in common.

 

[JordanN]

lol, do you really think you are fooling anyone with your weird anti-socialist propaganda you're spewing in this topic? The North Korea situation has nothing to do with socialism.

So why does North Korea look like every Socialist nation that ever existed?

Same "far left worker's party", same "state controls the means of production", same "class system were everyone is equal, except some are more equal than others".

North Korea is Socialism.

 

[Euphor!a]

So why does North Korea look like every Socialist nation that ever existed?

Same "worker's party", same "state controls the means of productions", same "class system were everyone is equal, except some are more equal than others".

North Korea is Socialism.

Yep... Canada, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, etc.

All basically North Korea, don't be an idiot.

 

[JordanN]

Yep... Canada, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, etc.

All basically North Korea, don't be an idiot.

Trudeau wishes he was socialist.
The closest to far left in Canada is NDP, and even if they get elected, Canada wouldn't turn commie thanks to our current laws in place.

 

[Ke0]

Trudeau wishes he was socialist.
The closest to far left in Canada is NDP, and even if they get elected, Canada wouldn't turn commie thanks to our current laws in place.

You ever thought about going to America? I can't imagine you like being in Canada.

 

[Reverse Giraffe]

It's a sad situation and I really feel for the oppressed North Koreans...

...but it's literally dealing with a Toddler holding a nuclear bomb.

South Korea has done well for itself, there is no need for them to throw out 50 years of success and hard work, to be engulfed in radiation by a shithole socialist state north of them.

The best they can do is rescue any defectors who wish to flee from the state and give them a better life in South Korea.

There are other ways of dealing with it. People from SK are sending balloons into NK with dvds, books and other affects which demonstrate the much higher standard of living in SK. Hopefully a propaganda war can turn more people in the NK army against chubbs

 

[PapaGreg95]

Trudeau wishes he was socialist.
The closest to far left in Canada is NDP, and even if they get elected, Canada wouldn't turn commie thanks to our current laws in place.

You do know that Socialism and Communism aren't the same right, a free market can exist in the former but not in the latter

 

[Agent_Carnage]

They found a bunch of parasitic worms inside of him.

Good gravy ewww. No wonder he defected to the South. I cannot imagon living with something like that in me.

 

[MIMIC]

Well thankfully he got out alive. What a deplorable regime.

 

[Euphor!a]

You do know that Socialism and Communism aren't the same right, a free market can exist in the former but not in the latter

No, you're wrong. They are all basically just North Korea, no differences at all.

 

[Reverse Giraffe]

I’m getting ads for a Korean Burger King in this thread, kind of gross when we’re talking about giant, parasitic worms.

 

[JordanN]

You ever thought about going to America? I can't imagine you like being in Canada.

The USA has a lot more job opportunities which I find enticing, but it's a different culture so I'll stay.

You do know that Socialism and Communism aren't the same right, a free market can exist in the former but not in the latter

"The goal of socialism is communism." - Vladimir Lenin

There are other ways of dealing with it. People from SK are sending balloons into NK with dvds, books and other affects which demonstrate the much higher standard of living in SK. Hopefully a propaganda war can turn more people in the NK army against chubbs

Even with a propaganda war, the average North Korean is disbarred from having firearms. So they're woke, but they have a totalitarian dictatorship applying a boot to their neck if they ever tried anything.

 

[PapaGreg95]

"The goal of socialism is communism." - Vladimir Lenin
.

So because Lenin said that it must be true, there is no nuance to that at all its factually true as 1+1=2

 

[Ubername]

They found a bunch of parasitic worms inside of him.

Yo wtf? This is bullshit right?

 

[RainblowDash]

So why does North Korea look like every Socialist nation that ever existed?

Same "far left worker's party", same "state controls the means of production", same "class system were everyone is equal, except some are more equal than others".

North Korea is Socialism.

Definitely.

Its such a shitty system to implement.

 

[Euphor!a]

Is it just a coincidence that there is an influx of juniors with bad opinions?

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Is it just a coincidence that there is an influx of juniors with bad opinions?

I think you know the answer to your question. Normalizing alt-right shit and trying to pull off half-baked anti-left rhetoric is the current forum's bread-and-butter.

 

[JordanN]

I think you know the answer to your question. Normalizing alt-right shit and trying to pull off half-baked anti-left rhetoric is the current forum's bread-and-butter.

You can't call everyone you disagree with alt-right.

In a thread about North Korea showcasing why their government always fails, opposing communism shouldn't make me anything but logical.

 

[Euphor!a]

You can't call everyone you disagree with alt-right.

In a thread about North Korea showcasing why their government always fails, opposing communism shouldn't make me anything but logical.

Yeah, very logical to suggest every country with socialism is basically North Korea. That is a very nuanced and thoughtful opinion.

 

[JordanN]

Yeah, very logical to suggest every country with socialism is basically North Korea. That is a very nuanced and thoughtful opinion.

Every self described Socialist state has been a failure.
Socialism doesn't work.

 

[Euphor!a]

Every self described Socialist state has been a failure.
Socialism doesn't work.

That's not what you said, and even if it was, you're still wrong. What you said was, and I quote, "So why does North Korea look like every Socialist nation that ever existed?"

This is an idiotic opinion held largely by conservative and far-right ideologies. It doesn't hold against even the smallest amount of scrutiny, so either you are full of shit and you know it and you're more than happy to peddle what amounts to right-wing propaganda because it supports your "team". Or worse, you're full of shit and you don't even know it and you don't care enough to look.

 

[JordanN]

That's not what you said, and even if it was, you're still wrong. What you said was, and I quote, "So why does North Korea look like every Socialist nation that ever existed?"

This is an idiotic opinion held largely by conservative and far-right ideologies. It doesn't hold against even the smallest amount of scrutiny, so either you are full of shit and you know it and you're more than happy to peddle what amounts to right-wing propaganda because it supports your "team". Or worse, you're full of shit and you don't even know it and you don't care enough to look.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_states

Which socialist country is beating Capitalism? The ones that are still around are unsurprisingly, a failure (North Korea) or adopted capitalist theories (China).

 

[Euphor!a]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_states

Which socialist country is beating Capitalism? The ones that are still around are unsurprisingly, a failure (North Korea) or adopted capitalist theories (China).

Which of them are basically North Korea?

Edit: I also love how your list makes sure you know it only includes "self-declared socialist states" which is basically fucking meaningless. North Korea claims also claims it is a Democratic Republic, "self-declared" doesn't mean shit.

 

[JordanN]

Which of them are basically North Korea?

Cuba comes close, but ironically, even they are taking after China and are also moving towards privatization instead of everything be government run.

But if you really want examples then former Cambodia, Venezuela, Ethiopia, USSR, Eastern Bloc nations were all repressive socialist dictatorships.