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True Scarcity (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago by vampire@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] athlon@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She genuinely looks terrifying (whoever she is).

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

she's a north korean defector influencer/griter. She makes her money by telling absurd stories about North Korea to gullible westerners

[+] El_Rocha@lm.put.tf 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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[–] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Things like North Korean parents feeding their children mud, or Kim Jong-un personally executing an orchestra conductor in front of a crowd.

North Korea is not a complete black box. Americans are banned from the country, but most Europeans can visit on guided tours.

Millions of North Koreans work abroad in China. If anyone actually wanted to know what life was like in North Korea, you could just ask them. But no-one with the money to hire a translator and head to Beijing is really interested in the very boring truth; that North Korea is a poor, imperfect country where the vast majority of people live normal lives.

The documentary "Loyal Citizens of Pyeongyang in Seoul" has a few interviews with North Korean citizens who went to the South for better economic opportunities before having their passports seized and prevented from going home to the North.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 points 2 years ago

America bans Americans from visiting the country, the DPRK does not.

Land of the free and all

[–] ru5ty@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago

It's changed in recent years - the BBC did an excellent documentary about what life has been like in DPRK recently by interviewing people inside, and it's become a lot worse now. People starving to death, no more trade with China, the lot.

[–] RatzChatsubo@vlemmy.net 10 points 2 years ago

Now this meme I can get behind

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can someone explain me where this mend comes from? (Comments already said she is a NK deflector, but what she said originally? Also is that the Joe Rogan podcast?)

[–] Monsieur@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Found it. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/yeonmi-park

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Thank you. Very funny indeed. Reminds me of stories Venezuelan immigrants tell about Venezuela when they get to another country.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah the background looks like from JRE

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

!ubob@lemmy.fmhy.ml

[–] G234323@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

oh wow, I forgot a long time ago that sub exited in reddit, now it exist here too haha

[–] MeowyNin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Reality is just a comedy