Ok but now embargo, sanction, and blockade the capitalist side, too
…and have it run by a greedy, despotic dictator. Make sure the dictator says its a capitalist country though, seeing as labels are more important than what’s actually happening in a country.
That nearly does describe most capitalist countries though. It’s just that the wealthiest people in them, the oligarchs are the despotic rulers whom the government runs itself for.
dont forgot killing a quarter of the population and razing all of the infrastructure.
Why does everyone always focus so much on architecture? Like, if you really wanna visualize how South Korea is materially much better off than North Korea, just use the satellite view at night where North Korea is almost completely absent of lights.
There’s a million better things to criticize North Korea for besides having commie blocks. Especially considering the pic they chose genuinely doesn’t look that bad.
Such a weird attempt at a meme from these folks.
“Commie blocks” can be quite nice if renovated and repaired regularly. The big problem with them is when they’re basically left to rot, with elevators that haven’t been inspected in over 2 decades, corroded water pipes, and jury-rigged electricals.
Edit: Should also probably mention that tenement blocks were absolutely perfect for their explicit goal: building pretty decent housing cheaply and quickly for post WW2 countries flattened by war.
South Koreans live in blocks too you know.
I’m sure they do. They’re used in basically every country, to a greater or lesser degree. It just seems that when talking about a formerly or currently communist country, tenement blocks suddenly become “commie blocks”, as if it’s a uniquely Soviet style of housing or something.
You don’t need to do a very good illustration job for people to associate NK with famine, abject poverty, and an oppressive regime. The pictures do an alright job at that, and everyone understands what this meme really says: NK can’t feed its citizens, SK is rich and prosperous almost beyond belief, especially considering that NK had a big head start after the war.
Like c’mon, this is just the wrong meme to post in “the right can’t meme”. In fact “capitalism prosperous, communism poor” is a 60+ year old meme at this point. Maybe we should start articulating capitalism’s own problems through memes rather than stupidly “dunk” on capitalists for touting what is arguably capitalism’s greatest success story.
North Korea is effectively a monarchy…
Necrocracy is the accepted therm
I don’t know if you meant nepocracy or if you made a joke when you said “ruled by dead people”.
I’m definitely not pro commie, but this is a terrible example for your gotcha’.
Crazy idea: learn what communism is before talking about it.
One of these countries follows the right-wing ideal of not having an income tax. Wanna guess which one it is?
Crazy idea, let’s also embargo the shit out of one of them.
Do those apartments on the left cost less than half my salary? Cuz if so I’m interested
BUT IT’S GREY
