hello everyone - you may know me as @[email protected]. just recently, i got banned from hexbear for “history of repeating US state department talking points, anti-socialism and zionism”, as well as possible “fedposting”.
let me clarify that although i strongly support socialism and the ideas of liberating people from their corporate overlords, i am still learning about this. if anything that i’ve said on hexbear are considered “us state department talking points”, as well as “antisocialism”, “zionism” and even “fedposting” by the hexbear mods in any way, i sincerely apologize.
i personally disagree with stalinism, i mostly prefer the more libertarian forms of communism (like council communism, for example), but i’m open to hearing any and all perspectives from all parts of the socialist spectrum, whether it be marxism, leninism, stalinism/marxism-leninism, trotskyism, de leonism, social democracy, democratic socialism, georgism, libertarian socialism, market socialism, syndicalism, anarcho-communism, and even maoism and the likes.
i myself support a fusion of left-libertarianism, market socialism, georgism and de leonism. i’m also NOT a federal agent, i do NOT intend on entrapping people, and i oppose the actions of ice agents, as they are using force.
to any hexbear admin or mod, i apologize for any comment that i’ve made that can be seen as “repeating US state department talking points, antisocialism and zionism”
i really hope this clears that up.
what about the cult of personality of the dprk towards the ruling kim family?
There isn’t one. The Kims are revered due to the role Kim Ik Sung played in kicking out the Japanese imperialists and leading the WPK, but that isn’t wrong or a sign of anything nefarious. That’s like asking about the cult of personality around the Clinton family or Bush family.
i think the reason why north koreans were crying over the deaths of kim il-sung and kim jong-il is simply because they were forced to, i think
This is wrong, though. People from the DPRK cried all over the world like in China, and were observed to be doing so, or generally were quite sad. They weren’t forced at gunpoint to cry.
i’m NOT even sure about that. maybe they weren’t actually forced at gunpoint, but even if they’re NOT forced, something about that feels a lot like being forced to cry. maybe they cried out of loyalty to the kim family (equivalent to a monarch), perhaps?
No? You have a very chauvanistic view of the DPRK, there’s a lot of good material you can read on them that will help paint a better picture for you.
if any of my comments seems very biased against the dprk in any way, shape and form, i sincerely apologize. that said, do you have any links?
Absolutely. Nodutdol’s Korea Education Toolkit is comprehensive, and is an excellent way to get a deeper understanding. Nodutdol is an anti-imperialist group of Korean ex-pats that seek reunification, and to do so they seek an end to sanctions on the DPRK and the US Empire off the peninsula.
One of my personal favorite anti-imperialist podcasts is Blowback. Season 3 goes over the Korean War, but if you love podcasts, I recommend listening from season 1, the Iraq War. Doing so will help give you a comprehensive look into how the US Empire works overseas.
I also recommend the Prolewiki articles on Korea, the DPRK, and the ROK for a Marxist-Leninist perspective. The article on juche is also quite good, in my opinion. There’s also the article South Korea was Created from Thin Air by US Generals.
Overall, Nodutdol’s list is more than plenty to get a good idea of why we shouldn’t demonize the DPRK, and should instead push for an end to the US Empire’s aggression towards it. I’ll throw in my intro Marxist-Leninist reading list for good measure. You don’t need to be an ML to oppose imperialism against the DPRK, but it’s still helpful for understanding the DPRK’s position and the stances they take.
well i think the dprk and south korea should stop being at each other’s throats and start talking to each other after reunification again - the korean war abruptly ended with a stalemate, and i think a peace treaty is a must.
they’ve already came close to that back in 2019, but then kim jong-un decided “screw that, we’re NOT reunifying”. it’s a huge shame since i support korean reunification. i really like kim il-sung’s idea to unite the two countries into a “confederal republic” that used china’s “two systems, one country” method. their films are pretty interesting as well - i think it’s unfortunate that kim jong-il had to kidnap a filmmaker from south korea. his ideas on using film to promote socialist values have a lot of potential for socialist-leaning filmmakers.
that said, thank you for the resources. seriously!
The following is not a perfect article, but it goes into quite a bit of detail answering that question.
https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2018/02/17/the-myth-of-the-kim-dynasty-the-reality-of-democracy-in-juche-korea/
there is democracy, NOT “autocracy”: north korea did have multiple political parties such as a social democratic party and even a buddhist party, but those parties are in a coalition called the “Fatherland front”
i said “cult of personality” because they treat the kim family (including current supreme leader kim jong-un) as if they were royalty - i think choe ryong-hae (the chair of the presidium) should’ve stayed recognized as the head of state after 2019, and he can be recognized as real royalty. seriously!
Are you making these points as arguments with me or with the table of contents on the article I linked that you didn’t read? Because I didn’t make any claims, I just quoted the section titles to make it clear the link was directly answering the exact question you asked Cowbee.
you obviously DIDN’T make any claims
is it okay i can have the link to the article you linked?