• MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I don’t know enough to refute this so I’ll give you the benefit of doubt for now. But then again, North Korea is also a totalitarian state one is not allowed to leave. Hardly a shining example of freedom or whatever.

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      3 days ago

      You should research it if you don’t know any of this. You don’t know anything about North Korea but you feel confident telling me things about it being totalitarian and that no one is allowed to leave? Why do you feel so confident in these things if you haven’t even done basic research on the country?

      I’m not saying you’re wrong, mind you. I’m saying that you should reflect on why you feel so confident, despite literally not putting in the work to learn about the place. That would be like me saying I know what it’s like to be Polish when I haven’t spent any time researching their society.

      And the reason I want you to reflect on your undeserved confidence is because I want you to see the system of narrative that you live in without ever realizing it. You are raised to believe things that you have made no effort to confirm or deny. This is a problem for anyone.

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          3 days ago

          LOL. That’s your understanding of research?

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule

          From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan as a colony under the name Chōsen (朝鮮), the Japanese reading of “Joseon”

          After the surrender of Japan at the end of the war, Korea was liberated from Japanese colonial rule, but was immediately divided into occupation zones under the rule of the Soviet Union and of the United States.

          Try harder, please.

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            3 days ago

            Ah, so it wasn’t just the United States. Heh. Funny. Also, you missed a whole part about Soviet Union trying to take over the whole Korea first.

            Anyway, I’m done taking homework from someone using the term “russophobia” unironically.

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              3 days ago

              And I’m done trying to educate someone who thinks they can develop sufficient understanding by spending 3 minutes reading Wikipedia articles. You’re a lost cause and your “opinions” are worth as much effort as you put into them.

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        3 days ago

        Do you have any good research sources on this? Because I’m guessing that if I’m looking to change my mind, whatever I found first in the search is the propaganda I’ve based my current opinion on to begin with.