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[–]go1dfish 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not necessarily ironic.

Consider the situation where you lived in an oppressive communist regime. Would you eat your rations, or starve?

In both cases, the individual believes themselves to be somewhat of a prisoner in an environment not of their choosing.

[–]Many_Coconut[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But he can choose, he can go to North Korea, a person from North Korea can not choose to go to an other country.

Also, he could go to a less ... capitalist ... food outlet than McDonnalds, which is considered a symbol of capitalism (to a degree).

Also, no need for them evil capitalist smarthphones etc.