I’ve been speaking with other more informed communists and they’ve told me that none actually exist. Is this true?

China, Laos, and Vietnam: now notoriously capitalists. Workers work 12+ hours with no protection in horrible factory conditions. Suicide rates are so high that suicide nets are installed. The air is so polluted millions die from lung cancer, especially factory workers w/out basic masks. Corporations dominate

North Korea: Undemocratically ruled by the Kim dynasty. Jong un indulges lavishly at the expense of his citizens, ordering millions in fine wine and trips from Denis Rodman. They might be the most socialist though, as Juche seems to otherwise be democratic.

Cuba: Sanctions have taken a massive toll, but even taking that into account the country still has its own problems. They have massive food shortages and inventory probs and aren’t self sufficient after 60+ years. Why couldn’t they’ve use machinery imported from the Soviet Union to develop their agriculture and fishery? The Soviets supported them heavily. They seem to be incredibly mismanaged or corrupt

  • anarchost
    2·
    1 year ago

    “North Korea has shitty policies because it has been isolated from the rest of the world,” is a statement that I agree wholeheartedly with, and yes it should be opened to things like international trade. The same holds true for Cuba, etc.

        • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          What exactly do you want out of a society that was burnt to the ground and survived an attempted genocide? The U.S. dropped more ordinance on NK than they used in the entirety of WW2 and destruction of Japanese cities was a fraction of what the Korean people suffered. The U.S. then helped prop up an authoritarian police state in the South for decades, I’d likely be skeptical of what western democracy entailed after watching entire towns burned to a crisp with napalm. Do you also expect the Gazan population to be a liberal democracy?

                • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Do you also deride the Gazan population for not being the most progressive liberal democracy in the world? Why or why not? I’m sure after seeing their families and homes turned to ash they need to condemn Hamas right?

                • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Creepy that you went to PM. Why wouldn’t I support the only people who are currently resisting an oppressive U.S. client state that’s been murdering their friends and family for generations? It’s easy to sympathize with North Korea when the U.S. did the same thing Israel is doing to the Palestinians now.

            • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              “Citations needed.”

              “Ummm akshually that’s something a NAZI would do.”

              "Children in North Korea eat rats and then the rats eat the children. You must engage with whatever I claim or you’re a red facist. yeonmi-park

            • BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              If you don’t believe in something because it’s been created an arm of the US government for propaganda purposes, that’s just like what the Nazis do.

              Seriously what is this shit, of course something can be not credible because of the source, would you believe something you read on InfoNews

              • anarchost
                11·
                1 year ago

                Yeah, sure. Same goes for all Chinese state media, all North Korean state media, all Russian state media, all Vietnamese state media, etc. All of those things could be 100% dishonest, and anything that agrees with those countries might be paid by them.

                Which is apparently the level of conspiracy theory you, and other reactionaries, are attempting to grasp at.

                So let’s go back to the contents, and if the source offends you, we can talk about your offense after that.

                • BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Do you even know what the word ”reactionary” means?

                  You’re the only one here who’s posting state propaganda and expecting people to treat it as genuine, so apparently you think US state media is somehow exceptional. And not even just state media, CIA-funded media.