Years ago I remember watching was was supposedly leaked anti-west propaganda from the DPRK. Weather it's really made/displayed in North Korea is a subject of debate, but you can find such videos around the Internet.<p>What was interesting is that a lot of what they describe is the video are valid criticisms of the west: our obsession with celebrity, our materialism, et cetera.<p>Of course the DPRK is still a slave state, with terrible suppression of any deviating political beliefs and labour camps producing the minimum resources for the nation to survive.<p>It's interesting though, that a little bit of the truth mixed in with a lot of lies, can keep so much control. And What we don't realise in the west is that the same system is in place. Before it was "fake news," it was just called "news," and the majority of our networks sprinkle in blatant falsehoods with many truths.<p>It's like Final Fantasy 7 where Rufus says his father tried to control the world with money, but that took too much effort so he was just going to use fear.<p>In the west, we're not in slave states and many countries have high standards of living and a relative high freedom of protest and expression. It gives people the illusion they are free when their governments will simply support their richest demographic and go to wear despite the will of the people.
I found the following interview with two north koreans who escaped very insightful and touching:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyqUw0WYwoc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyqUw0WYwoc</a>
So that's where we are. And the US did terrible things. It shameful and it should never do those type of things again.<p>But the conflict should have been finished rather than being left to fester for decades. The society could have been rebuild and almost certainly would have prospered.<p>So now we have a problem. I don't think Kim can be left alone, he simply is too dangerous. Talks and negotiations and sanctions haven't worked. I doubt they are likely to in the future. I believe he will simply continue to acquire destructive technology affecting the balance of power in the region and possibly the world and at one point may well use it as he continually threatens to do.<p>I am pretty anti war. Extremely anti-colonialism. But in the case of NK I think the situation needs solving and soon. I believe they should be disarmed, by force if necessary and I'd support this even though I support almost no other US military adventures. It's a shame we let it get to this point but we did somehow. I say this as an American with American and allies interest in mind. I suppose there are other perspectives.