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China bad
China, Laos, and Vietnam.... Suicide rates are so high that suicide nets are installed
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_countries_by_suicide_rate,_WHO_(2019).svg
https://www.goldengate.org/district/district-projects/suicide-deterrent-net/
North Korea: Undemocratically ruled
North Korea is ruled by the Supreme People's Assembly (최고인민회의) which is directly elected.
Cuba..... Why couldn't they've use machinery imported from the Soviet Union to develop their agriculture and fishery?
No reason not to. Lots of Soviet farm machinery there.
I can give a longer response when I'm not on mobile, but so I know where to start: what have you read? What sources have you read about China's economy, for instance?
Marx uses the words Socialism and Communism pretty much interchangeably (Engels a little less so). But Europe hasn't been either since about 1990
This is easily looked-up. China, Vietnam, Laos, DPRK
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Would I have to run stock Android with Google stuff?
Because then I'm still in the 
ecosystem for software.
Or does it have a Huawei OS?
Juche idea study course: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OymYKXvrCF0
'Let us advance under the banner of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche Idea' – https://archive.org/details/LetUsAdvanceUnderTheBannerOfMarxism-leninismAndTheJucheIdeaOnThe
John Major: 'Want undiluted sovereignty? Go to North Korea' – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36170066
RAND report in 2020: DPRK will have 200 nukes by 2027 – https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/07/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-united-states-deterrence/ – https://www.rand.org/news/advisories/2021/04/12.html
Juche Idea: Answers to Hundred Questions – https://archive.org/details/juche-questions
https://exploredprk.com/articles/housing-problem-and-the-dprk/
http://www.gnu.rep.kp/ – the official website of DPRK broadcasting. There’s some videos on the site. The .kp TLD is controlled by DPRK, all websites that end with .kp are DPRK websites.
https://kcnawatch.org/kctv-archive/ – has video archives of DPRK TV broadcast. KCNA is the name of the DPRK state news but this website is owned by an American company called NK News
healthcare system: https://web.archive.org/web/20221024155438/https://www.globalasia.org/v16no3/cover/north-koreas-surprisingly-robust-healthcare-system_kee-b-parkedward-i-ham
Really boring Swiss report about the technicalities of how the political system works there. This type of source is good because it's not propaganda, it's for academics and governance experts – https://web.archive.org/web/20221217045342/https://www.asgp.info/Publications/CPI-English/1992_163_01-e.pdf
Election data – https://web.archive.org/web/20171021163836/https://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2085_E.htm
https://www.38north.org/resources/ – This is a very good website. It's run by Korean-Americans who are bilingual in English and Korean, and is dedicated to understanding primary sources from within the DPRK, like academic journals about economics. Article about consumerism. Article about banking. 'Reports of North Korea’s Return to a Command Economy Have Been Exaggerated'. https://www.38north.org/2023/02/understanding-kim-jong-uns-economic-policymaking-key-findings-and-implications/
N. Korea revises constitution to include Kim Jong-un’s reform-oriented approach to economy [2019]: https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/901610.html
Documentary: loyal citizens of pyongyang in seoul
Documentary: my brothers and sisters in the north
youtube channel: DPRK explained
Talking points/one-pager: https://dprkorea.carrd.co/ or https://web.archive.org/web/20230502123305/https://dprkorea.carrd.co/
https://www.kfausa.org/resources/ – overseas outreach arm
This is the best read on this: https://web.archive.org/web/20230409194611/https://rolandtheodoreboer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/2018-an-effort-to-understand-the-dprk.pdf
Why is it following the Kim family line when that seems completely against ML thought?
I think firstly, we've got to accept that it is real, the Kim family does hold a special place in that country. Trying to say, "Oh no, they were just legitimately elected", or "They're not special" is trying to deny the reality and impose some foreign image on the country.
Diplomacy isn't cozying up to nations that are your friends and and insulting others
Yes it is.
it's having cordial relations with all nations.
No it's not.
What are you trying to say?
Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans; the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces; the next in order is to attack the enemy's army in the field; and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities.
People have tried to build Utopian communities before. And it has always worked, every single time. No issues. That's why I support this.
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