Does the World Really Hate North Korea?
Before I dare say anything in defense of North Korea, I need to make something clear. The internet, of which this message is reaching, is made up, primarily, of two classes; both living in America, England, and Canada. The upper class and the upper middle class, who are essentially workers who make a little more than most of the Proletarian masses. Now don’t get me wrong, there are average joe middle class people on the internet as well, and these people usually just don’t care about politics, much less about North Korea, so I am not attacking these people. Essentially, if you take a visit to youtube, and search North Korea, you’ll get videos with opportunistic propaganda about supposed North Korean starvation, or some poor children being brainwashed, or a supposed interview with a “North Korean Defector” (who will either not show their face, or passport, or explain how they “escaped” North Korea, when North Korea offers to continue its socialist monthly pay program (The Government offers you money each month for food, clothes and shelter) even when your out of the country on vacation or if your living in another country (So long as it is Russia, China, or Japan). Anyway, when you look at the comments section on these videos, what do you see? You see a top comment saying something racist or ignorant such as “I’m so ronery” or perhaps the oh so familiar “we need to invade and liberate North Korea”. The fact is that the Korean war, a war which killed millions of innocent people, never officially ended. Therefore, Americans are fed daily, propaganda against this country. Were told that your shot if you try to leave, when South Korea is the country that built the wall separating the country, when we invaded the country taking their right to self-determination away, when South Korea ARRESTS citizens who are pro-North Korea.
The internet is something that upper class and upper middle class people have the privilege of having, therefore, they take advantage of this to either view, or create propaganda against this country. As for the Middle Class in the United States, they generally just don’t care. 60% of working class men and women of the US live either near or below the poverty line, therefore, the 40% of American society would have to be the upper class people. Most Americans are too busy working and surviving to be on the internet, the Americans that can afford internet just don’t care about the subject of North Korea, therefore, the upper class all fly towards anything that even mentions North Korea.
And another issue, have you ever noticed that all the comments and videos made against North Korea, are in the English language? Not only that, but they are all of the American dialect? China, for example, is an ally of North Korea, with a population of over a billion people, far surpassing the population of the 40% of Americans who are rich. Most Chinese have a respect for North Korea, and because they are not fed propaganda about the country, they generally have positive views on the country. What of Russia, a country with around 142 million people, this country has fair relations with North Korea as well, what of their people? They, too, generally have positive views of the country. What do the citizens of Africa think? And more importantly, what of North Korea’s millions of citizens? Citizens who support their country, who are given weapons and military training by their Government, yet they don’t rebel. Why? Because they are happy. If you can’t at least consider my argument, you are close minded, YOU are the one that is brainwashed, and not the people of North Korea.
