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Which would you rather be? Is it a close decision?
by jhamburger 15y ago
Which would you rather be? Is it a close decision?
- sedachv 15y agoIf I was a black male in the United States, I would have a 1 in 10 chance of being in prison at this moment. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#Prison_population http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_Sta...) Amnesty International estimates there's around 200,000 "political prisoners" in North Korea, out of a population of 25 million. I think I'd rather be in North Korea.
- jhamburger 15y agoI think I'd take a 10% chance of being in prison over a 100% chance of being a NK citizen.
- elliottcarlson 15y agoThe remaining populous of North Korea that are outside of these camps aren't living a life of luxury - the day to day life there is still not comparable to the prison system.
- gyardley 15y agoBoth the conditions of incarceration and conditions of not-incarceration are dramatically better in the United States. That so many people in this thread are trying to suggest that the United States is somehow worse than North Korea or that people from the United States can't criticize North Korea saddens me. The United States' prison system has obvious problems. All of North Korea is a totalitarian hellhole.
- rick888 15y ago"I would have a 1 in 10 chance of being in prison at this moment. " Due to their own culture. At least they have a choice. They aren't forced to rob, steal, and kill their way through life.
- abrown28 15y agoI will literally buy you a ticket to move there if you really want to. I'm not even joking in the least bit. I do feel a twinge of guilt at the thought of your "reeducation" in NK but I'm still willing to help you find out on your own.
- etherael 15y agoBy the way, it's actually only 4.7%, not 10%. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#Minorities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_Sta...