What does that have to do with my comment about the north Korean refugees in South Korea? Literally nothing. Stay on topic.
It’s a thought-terminating cliché and shows you have no idea what you’re talking about. You’re just a knee-jerk reactionary who can’t read or think for yourself
You are either willfully misrepresenting or have no media literacy-- liar or idiot. Which will you cop to?
Nobody described a conspiracy. I described the actual situation on the ground for the NK refugees and also brought a news article.
Your response was “herp-derp horshoe conspiracy”.
Please address my points or stop replying 🤷🏻♀️
“horseshoe theory” is another thought-terminating cliché
OK so you will just rely on thought-terminating cliché to go through life. Nice
Why don’t you directly address my points instead?
Actually this is somewhat true.
People who escape North Korea have zero prospects here in the ROK where I currently live. It’s the most competitive economy and job market you can imagine.
Defectors have no professional certifications, no college degree, and no plastic surgery (pervasive in ROK where a photo is required to add to your CV).
Moreover, ROK people are highly judgmental toward anybody different. North Koreans “talk funny” so they are immediately outcast.
(Recently, to address the situation, the ROK government has started a program to get NK refugees jobs as bus drivers)
The best way for these refugees to make money is to tell their stories. And the more sensational, the better. They get speaking gigs, book deals, and small fame with their faces on TV.
Here’s a news story addressing its directly: Why do North Korean defector testimonies so often fall apart? | North Korea | The Guardian https://share.google/fqpw81A1uZwXk0lR7
TL;DR NK refugees are “paid actors” in a sense
Real question: Is this even true?
If it’s true, how true is it? Who actually receives those punishment? For what crimes?
People always say this to but I don’t think it’s even true, or misrepresents greatly the situation.
North Korea was the better place to live until the collapse of the USSR and mid-90s famine. That’s not up for debate. Their living standard and quality of life were overall much higher than ROK thanks to Russian subsidies.
North Korea has far less farmland than the ROK, which has many more river valleys and warmer latitudes. North Korea also lacks trading partners due to sanctions, while ROK currently imports around 80 percent of its food.
The US and ROK time their military drills specifically to fuck with DPRK’s planting and harvesting seasons, forcing them to divert manpower to defense positions when they need able-bodied men to be on farms.
Given these three points, I think North Korean hunger is almost entirely due to the US and its policies. But nobody likes to hear that the Kims might not be horrible monsters
The Kims never killed 30 thousand people in a few days
I dunno the answers to your questions but Jack Dorsey loves it
Silk soy milk is addictive
There’s a recent podcast edition of Science Vs. about this very thing.
According to their interviewed experts and their research, brushing your teeth does nothing to prevent cavities UNLESS it’s fluoridated toothpaste.
Flossing also doesn’t really prevent cavities, but it is important for me gum health. They recommend regular flossing (more than once a week)
You don’t have to tip but… You’re the asshole
John Titor. I wish he’d come back and fix things
Lots of problems here… I’m an experienced Mastodon user, and I have to say that I correctly predicted my experience with Lemmy.
It’s not optimized for mobile, it’s a lot of work to find what you want, and whereas Mastodon seems like an improvement on Twitter, this seems like a step back from Reddit.
Reddit also has an issue with finding subreddits, but Google indexes it and you can pretty easily find and subscribe to things just using keywords.
We need better app UIs ASAP, that make basic functions obvious and easy. It’s a platform that probably does great on PC but I’m stuck with Jerboa, and it’s really killing my enjoyment.
So… Just like Reddit then 😁
I gave him an article and he still hems and haws because he is full of shit