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Thank you for posting this. A key takeaway from the article is in the final paragraph: "if we allow it, we could live in a world that makes great strides forwar
by bloggergirl 15y ago
Thank you for posting this. A key takeaway from the article is in the final paragraph: "if we allow it, we could live in a world that makes great strides forward, but that can never rid itself of the abhorrent authoritarian tool that is the concentration camp."
We allow these horrors to occur. That's not a judgment on anyone; I'm definitely part of the problem because I'm not part of the solution (to borrow a cliche).
But what can we do? That's a real question. I want to know what we can do. Yes, we can sign Amnesty International petitions, which is a step, but what else?
The HN community is a problem-solving community. Human rights violations of all sizes and shapes (including and especially the North Korea concentration camps) are a major problem to solve. What can technology do to help? Can we solve fatigue re: "prolonged exposure to blaring 24 hour news streams that fry sensibilities with their constant emotional appeals"? Can we mobilize people and keep them engaged in helping people they don't know?
- chopsueyar 15y agoWe need to wait for large mineral or oil deposits to be found in North Korea, and then the US can implement democracy.
- bloggergirl 15y agoSo true! You hit the nail on the head, chopsueyar.
- TeMPOraL 15y agoSarcasm or not, it is a valid solution. Making the whole problem somehow relevant economically to US or international community might be helpful, although I have no idea how to do that.
- pavlov 15y agoNorth Korea does have large mineral resources, but China already has the upper hand in exploiting the political situation to gain access to them: “There are growing concerns that North Korea could be selling the development rights of mineral resources to China at a very cheap price as the relationships between the two Koreas worsen and North Korea has no other market to turn to,” said Yoon Hong-gi, an official with Korea Resources Corp. http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2931111 http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2931111
- ars 15y agoActually the biggest problem is that the North Korea military is pretty well equipped. Any military solution would require evacuating large sections of South Korea.
- jekdoce 15y agoInitial ideas: - Keep sharing the link for a week/month on Facebook, hopefully making it viral - Setup a Facebook page for this, asking the same question "What can we do?" - It has to start from within, see Tunisia, Egypt etc. - Making sure folks inside North Korea can access info via proxy servers if it's blocked
- TeMPOraL 15y agoAgree. I remember hearing that the general population of WWII Germany was unaware of the atrocities that happened in Nazi concentration camps. Given also the recent events in countries you mentioned, I think that making regular people in North Korea know what's going on in their country could be very, very important.