America: Kim Jong-Un has a Better Approval Rating Than Nancy Pelosi
The human rights offences in North Korea are disgusting, but Kim's efforts towards discussion & defusion of tensions are commendable and good steps in that direction.
It would be interesting to see the direction North Korea goes, hoping they can reform whilst maintaining the key qualities of socialism with minimised authoritarian fascist tendencies.
A dictator favoured more than an elected official isn't ideal though tbh.
Sorry liberal, all of this are bourgeoisie buzzwords.that have little IRL impact apart from conditioning the proles.
I would like to understand how I am wrong, since I favour the ideal I see here. Could you explain things for me, must admit I still don't understand things fully and I am curious and open minded.
Pretty sure that user is just a dumb ☭TANKIE☭ who likes to pretend that NK is somehow socialist when even they freely admit they aren't.
The deescalation of tensions between NK and Burgerland is a good thing though as you said, as long as it doesn't end up with them becoming mini-China or South Korea 2.0
The presence or absence of elections is irrelevant to degree of democracy.
All capitalist states are authoritarian, considering that the economy is authoritarian.
Kim succeeded legitimately within legal bounds, not via military coup, so he isn't a dictator in a meaningful and not derogatory sense.
The human rights is a highly arbitrary construct that largely means "countries that America doesn't like/is OK with respectively" when they are accessed in mass media.
P.s. Oh, an I almost forgot. Kim is an elected official too, by the way.
Unless you're talking about direct democracy its kind of important
Just because capitalism is inherently authoritarian doesn't mean that everything else automatically isn't. And state capitalism is still capitalism anyway :^)
Just because the concept of human rights is highly subjective and frequently used as an excuse for imperialism doesn't mean that a totalitarian, authoritarian state is a good thing
M8 it's hardly an election when you've only got one choice of who to vote for.
Kim Jong Un freely and fairly wins elections in North Korea. North Korea has parliamentary elections very similar to most European Countries. en.wikipedia.org