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Everything belongs to the workers (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

As far as I know, car ownership isn't limited to party members, and all apartments are free in the DPRK. Those deemed critical enough can get better lodgings, but this is not exclusive to party members.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (5 children)

    There are very few cars there—I’m not sure what to compare it to; even in the USSR in the 1960s, there were more. Almost all of the vehicles are state-owned. Check YouTube—you’ll see for yourself just how many cars are on the streets.

    https://youtu.be/NUXAPSra3Ts

    As for the free apartments, I was referring to the upscale residential complexes in major cities and the like. I saw a video about them online. Incidentally, you don't actually need to know Korean to communicate there, as almost everyone can get by in Russian. One young woman, in fact—speaking in Russian—specifically mentioned that those are "Party buildings." They are the most beautiful and modern structures in the city.

    As for China, here is a look at a Chinese village—and not even one of the worst ones:

    (I have nothing against it; I'm just showing.)

    https://youtu.be/sT8ubmgeS6c

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Regarding car ownership, it's rising dramatically even in the last year. At one point it was far more limited, but the DPRK's economy is booming and trade with China is rising.

    As for apartments, I don't doubt that better apartments are made available to more critical workers and party members, this is similar to the USSR. The DPRK is constantly building new apartments, and as this happens the range with which people can get apartments widens.

    As for China's rural conditions, I'm well aware of the urban/rural gap, and this is thankfully something the CPC is focusing on improving.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    Regarding car ownership, it’s rising dramatically even in the last year. At one point it was far more limited, but the DPRK’s economy is booming and trade with China is rising.

    It's about time...

    As for China’s rural conditions, I’m well aware of the urban/rural gap

    As we recently discovered, this is a side effect of the NEP. It has spawned a class of wealthy individuals who will be incredibly difficult to combat later on. They will not simply yield to "soft power." They must be "dekulakized." How this is to be carried out in practice, I do not understand.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I'm aware that the urban/rural gap is a part of China's socialist market economy. China has responded to it with the poverty eradication program, supporting cooperatives at the rural level, and gradually focuses on industrializing the impoverished communities.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I’m not talking about the whole world; I’m talking about Russia. Here, people simply don’t trust Americans—especially in such a murky affair.

    But I won't be able to prove anything to you... and you won't be able to prove anything to me, either.

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