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[–] Sturgist 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If tankies could read they'd be soooooo angry right now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A money-back-guarantee refund would be welcome here if ever.

[–] Sturgist 4 points 1 month ago

Wellllll...best I can do is get you a half extra serving of unrecognisable glop at meals in the gulag.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

no way. is water still wet?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yup, it says so on the water bottle's warning label.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where in the article is the mention to bourgeois??

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Even if they die there it does not matter, because North Korea sent them out without officially recognizing them,” Lee said. “They were sent there not to bring honor to the country, but to give up their lives and bring back lots of money.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And where is the bourgeoisie in that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You do know what the bourgeoisie archetype/stereotype is, right? A person with a strong enough thirst for wealth that they will disregard all compassions and sensibilities to achieve it?

Saying the officials in the North Korean government using dying soldiers as instruments of material gain doesn't ring bourgeoisie bells is like saying L Ron Hubbard building the world's most elaborate artificial tithing system doesn't ring bourgeoisie bells.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't trust a single word a corporate outlet says about another country. These same oulets told you about WMDs in Iraq and a social credit scores for all it citizens in China.

Eat my ass you're going to have to do better that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're proving my point. You cited 4 corperate news agencies. Did you think you were clever?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That depends. How would you define a "corporate news agency"?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here an example of an appropriate news source

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but how would you actually define the term? You bring up issue with what you dub "corporate news agencies", and then when I look up the news you point to here, I don't know how what I get would feel any different, except for the fact it's mainly presented as satirical.