Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:Berkhamsted wrote:I was merely pointing out the hypocrisy of exclusively blaming the DPRK government for the current situation when the United States has arguably more suffering to the Korean peninsula.
Yes, the war (caused by DPRK aggression) was very destructive, there is no denying that. But I will not have you claim that that caused more suffering than what the DPRK is doing now. Massive concentration camps and all. That's not easily topped by a war. Whereas the war's destruction was great (as in big, not as in amazing) the systemic violence of the DPRK regime and their agricultural mismanagement has caused more suffering than a war ever could. We're talking about a regime that has been in power for nearly sixty years. That's downright disgusting, isn't it?
Hmm. It's important to remember that prior to around 1975 the DPRK actually enjoyed superior material conditions to that of the ROK. I think that the changing geopolitical position and subsequent embargoes played a great role in ensuring the famines of the 1990s, a greater role than the supposed economic mismanagement.