Topic: North Korea really is a paradise
Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #119,496
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Watched most of it, seems like the 'doing things' is kind of like getting a break in the prison yard to work out. I don't think showing 'the best' the country has to offer while parading the busses around has the effect they think it does.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,309,923
These autocratic cults are fascinating. They change the nature of language, particularly formulaic language and phatic phrases. There’s also a string of rules, formalities, and so many aspects to abide - who has time to think? You spend all of your time remembering and perfecting social choreography. Note the communal activities like the flag demonstrations, dances, singing groups - it’s all a communist liturgy. Even NK emigres in ROK form song and dance groups because it’s such a function of their upbringing.
On the plus side they produce a great child’s orchestra for those who have suffered through middle school “performances” in the West.
On the plus side they produce a great child’s orchestra for those who have suffered through middle school “performances” in the West.