The dangers of communism
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Uncreative — 9 months ago(June 30, 2025 05:33 PM)
North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive communist regime, state media reports.
Wonsan Kalma on the east coast will open to domestic tourists on 1 July, six years after it was due to be completed. It is unclear when it will welcome foreigners.
Kim grew up in luxury in Wonsan, where many of the country's elite have private villas, and has been trying to transform the town, which once hosted a missile testing site.
State media KCNA claims the resort can accomodate up to 20,000 visitors, occupying a 4km (2.5 mile) stretch of beach, with hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and a water park
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0w59r54w9o
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Phaenon — 9 months ago(June 30, 2025 05:38 PM)
It's been easy enough for a long while now to get a quick tourist visa from Beijing and get into North Korea for a few days
I don't think tourism is a main danger of communism
Unless you were that kid who tore down posters there before covid kicked off.
He ended up back in the West completely paralysed, died a few days later
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Lilith — 9 months ago(June 30, 2025 05:48 PM)
The propaganda about this resort area has been out for years and years. If you watch any videos by Yeonmi Park, she spoke about how this very, very tiny area was created and is maintained. Women are auditioned (ie: auctioned off) for the "Pleasure Squad" for the entertainment of the Kim dynasty and the male circle of officials. This is where they specifically hire "pretty virgins" (and confirm that fact) for show. This is the area shown to "visitors" and "tourists".
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Phaenon — 9 months ago(June 30, 2025 05:53 PM)
There's a pretty huge industry of people (And missionaries) going to North Korea Lilith
I don't like them. I don't mind the North Korea thing, that's a different culture and I get to leave it.
But those who visit repeatedly are morally questionable in my opinion
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Phaenon — 9 months ago(June 30, 2025 06:45 PM)
Curiosity was my my drive. I've seen lots of communist countries and so am able to compare them somewhat.
None of them are nice though, but there's something different about them which does give pause for pondering
Once we get AI running the world, maybe then we can have communism
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