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Kim's an easy target for humor, and certainly The Respected and Beloved Marshall's propaganda machine seems corny to us. But it's important to remember that DPR
by Haul4ss 12y ago
Kim's an easy target for humor, and certainly The Respected and Beloved Marshall's propaganda machine seems corny to us. But it's important to remember that DPRK is a brutal regime that is home to countless human rights tragedies over several decades. It is a very sad story. Read "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" by Barbara Demick if you want to feel really lucky about where you happened to be born.
- goldfeld 12y agoReading about the peasants' life during the Cultural Revolution plays out a very similar narrative, down to Mao's very corny propaganda.
- happyscrappy 12y agoAnd it still goes on. China just celebrated Mao and Russians in Crimea were holding up signs praising Stalin a few weeks ago, madness.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoWait, did I miss a Mao day recently? The trade union handed out huge Deng Xiao ping books a couple of months ago...not exactly celebrating Mao.
- happyscrappy 12y agoIt was his 120th birthday celebration a few months ago, with officials praising him. Whether they actually believe what they say is another question, but you can hardly blame them for not going against the party.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoWhenever someone emphasizes Deng at the same time people are discussing Mao, you can tell that their are elements in the party that are trying to emphasize that China's way forward is more inspired by Deng than Mao. But this is because there are two factions in the party: the moderates (Deng-like) and the leftists (Mao-like); the moderates have dominated for a long time.
- doktrin 12y ago> Russians in Crimea were holding up signs praising Stalin a few weeks ago, madness. I can't find any mention of this through a casual google search. If true, that's quite shocking.
- happyscrappy 12y agoThe one I saw had women holding the signs but I can't find it but I did find this one: http://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/Images/TSOL/Photos-Gallery/Reuters%20World/2014/03/09/20140308T121658Z_1_CBREA270Y4C00_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINECRISISRUSSIA.ashx/ http://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/Images/TSOL/Photos-Gallery... Edit: Here it is https://www.google.com/search?q=pro-russians+in+crimea+stalin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vYFaU97jFaiX2QWa1IHABA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1162&bih=554 https://www.google.com/search?q=pro-russians+in+crimea+stali...
- bnp 12y agoAnd even in South Africa : http://mg.co.za/article/2014-03-13-soap-box-how-malema-became-maolema http://mg.co.za/article/2014-03-13-soap-box-how-malema-becam...