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[–]Jacinda[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I remember reading a pessimistic article that pointed out, once the West has been completely subsumed, North Koreans will still have their own country — will be ethnically and culturally intact — and (presumably) will still be able to create something there.

I know life for them is miserable but my first thought was how great it would be to live in a country which put its own population first. My emotion (irrational) was something akin to envy.

Emily Youcis singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow sums it up.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're spot-on. Communism is miserable in a material sense, but it makes countries stop in time, which is good.