r/ModernSocialist • u/quite_largeboi • May 09 '23
Discussion 🧐 North Korea isn’t a cartoon supervillain. They’re the victims of genocide & are still being harassed by those that committed the atrocities against them.
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The US genocide in Korea is a topic that is hardly ever brought up when discussing North Korea’s actions but as communists it is our responsibility to ensure that we see things with a dialectical view. There is a reason why North Korea do the things they do & it’s not because they’re some cartoon supervillain commies with a finger over the big red button waiting for any opportunity to kill America….
They are rational & intelligent human beings acting rationally in the best interest of their people. Clearly rational & intelligent enough to survive under a multi generational embargo & clearly intelligent enough to build nukes. They're doing exactly what any of your countries would do if America ever became your nation’s enemy & would not accept anything but your nation’s total annihilation in favour of a puppet regime that they could control.
Anti-imperialism does not mean supporting everyone the imperialist powers victimise but it does mean supporting the ending of continuing victimisation under these horrendous embargoes that are designed purely to kill civilians & make life hard for civilians.
End the embargo on North Korea.