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The NK situation will resolve in some way in the future and whatever the outcome our descendants will look back with sadness that we didn’t come to a solution s

The NK situation will resolve in some way in the future and whatever the outcome our descendants will look back with sadness that we didn’t come to a solution sooner - it is so clearly hell on Earth.

hulitu 5y ago
Do you speak from experience ?
- simonbarker87 5y ago
  No but I’m not sure I need first hand experience on the topic to have that opinion. There is enough smoke around NK that the fire is clearly pretty big.
wayoutthere 5y ago
Funny, many Europeans say the same about America. Not defending NK but the situation has persisted because nobody wants to deal with the flood of refugees a collapsed regime would create. I wouldn’t count on the situation resolving itself in our lifetimes.
- causi 5y ago
  Americans have trouble paying for healthcare. That is true and terrible. It is also not equivalent to having ten percent of your population starve to death in a famine or being executed for religious proselytizing.
  - furyg3 5y ago
    This exactly. I like comparing the absolute bottom denominator. I would never want to find myself in a US prison. They appear to be some of the worst in the 'developed' world. I would easily choose a US prison over a North Korean prison, and one could even make a decent case of time in a US prison vs time as an average peasant in North Korea.
- simonbarker87 5y ago
  I’m European and the US blows my mind a bit on somethings but to put it at the same level as NK is laughable.
- simmerup 5y ago
  I always find the need for HN to look at these countries ruled by literal dictators and say, 'but America is bad as well!' incredibly perplexing.
  - wayoutthere 5y ago
    Because “other country bad!” is quite frequently used in media propaganda to distract attention from domestic issues. This is in no way unique to the US either.
    - simmerup 5y ago
      To me it comes across as belittling the problems experienced by the victims of these regimes
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hulitu 5y ago

Do you speak from experience ?

simonbarker87 5y ago
No but I’m not sure I need first hand experience on the topic to have that opinion. There is enough smoke around NK that the fire is clearly pretty big.

wayoutthere 5y ago

Funny, many Europeans say the same about America. Not defending NK but the situation has persisted because nobody wants to deal with the flood of refugees a collapsed regime would create. I wouldn’t count on the situation resolving itself in our lifetimes.

causi 5y ago
Americans have trouble paying for healthcare. That is true and terrible. It is also not equivalent to having ten percent of your population starve to death in a famine or being executed for religious proselytizing.
- furyg3 5y ago
  This exactly. I like comparing the absolute bottom denominator. I would never want to find myself in a US prison. They appear to be some of the worst in the 'developed' world. I would easily choose a US prison over a North Korean prison, and one could even make a decent case of time in a US prison vs time as an average peasant in North Korea.
simonbarker87 5y ago
I’m European and the US blows my mind a bit on somethings but to put it at the same level as NK is laughable.
simmerup 5y ago
I always find the need for HN to look at these countries ruled by literal dictators and say, 'but America is bad as well!' incredibly perplexing.
- wayoutthere 5y ago
  Because “other country bad!” is quite frequently used in media propaganda to distract attention from domestic issues. This is in no way unique to the US either.
  - simmerup 5y ago
    To me it comes across as belittling the problems experienced by the victims of these regimes
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