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[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 84 points 2 years ago (10 children)

They wouldn't be able to afford it, would they?

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 66 points 2 years ago (23 children)

uncritical support for the DPRK in its heroic struggle to liberate occupied Korea from the genocidal American empire

kim-salute

Uncritical support to the ideology of Juche and its implementation

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And yet mfers still go in mass to these games in countries with extreme human rights issues and throw billions of dollars at merch.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 59 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Korea has lots of big stadiums and the people there seems to like football so why couldn't they host a world cup?

[–] reaper_cushions@hexbear.net 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t think the DPRK wants to give an opportunity to basically any country in the world to plant spies. Considering the US used visits of the Atomic Energy Commission to infiltrate the DPRK in the 90s, welcoming thousands and thousands of difficult to vet corporate reps sounds like an open invitation for infiltration.

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[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

so why couldn't they host a world cup?

us-foreign-policy

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well according to a .world poster in this thread that you and I can't see from our instance, the DPRK has slaves. But don't worry, this won't happen because a lemmy.ca user thinks that "Letting that many foreigners into North Korea would be a PR disaster for the Country."

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[–] wombat@hexbear.net 57 points 2 years ago (1 children)

uncritical support for the DPRK in its heroic struggle to liberate occupied Korea from the genocidal American empire

[–] axont@hexbear.net 43 points 2 years ago

Many people are saying it!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago (6 children)
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[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Uncritical support for the DPRK in its heroic struggle to liberate occupied Korea from the genocidal American empire.

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[–] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago (25 children)

if you think a WC in NK would be worse than in Saudi Arabia you’re up to your eyeballs in amerikkkan propaganda

Death to America

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[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago

Wtf based FIFA.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's probably not logistically viable, but as a matter of principle, there is absolutely no reason why DPRK couldn't host to world cup. It's gone to plenty of worse countries.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 2 years ago

It has only gone to worse countries.

[–] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (17 children)

Are you really suggesting the DPRK is worse than Qatar? Lmao.

Only the US will kill 20 percent of a population, establish a right wing military dictatorship in the south, and paint the democratic and progressive north as an evil regime worse than an absolute monarchy.

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[–] Weebus@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been off Hexbear for a while wtf is this shit

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 43 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The consequences of federation.

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[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago

Seems like a clear improvement to me

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 41 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Okay guys, enlighten me. If Nestle is a 10 on the evil scale, what is Fifa?

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 64 points 2 years ago (1 children)

1/10 cos they would bribe the scale

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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 40 points 2 years ago (10 children)

So many great additions to my block list today!

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[–] Lexam@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Letting that many foreigners into North Korea would be a PR disaster for the Country.

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[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 years ago (5 children)

On a side note, what exactly are we censoring on that bottom photos.

Are we just censoring a bomb detonator box or are we censoring something else....

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[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

America is hosting the world cup next so.....yeah literally at this point anything goes. The only way it could be worse is if the literal Nazi regime was back and they were hosting the world cup.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't give Canada any ideas

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