Glad to see you also made this distinction. Still, it saddens me when I see victims of propaganda siding with their oppressors - and a lot of them are so deep in denial they simply do not accept any contrarian facts... but I digress.
However, to a point, I think the elites have started to believe their own propaganda.
This kind of mental gymnastics and denial reminds me of the Bloggs couple from the movie When The Wind Blows.
"Never celebrate a victory until you're standing over the podium," was something my mother would say.
Saying "the West is done", just like the "dead horse" that is Communism (that, while "being done," still terrifies the imperialists to beat this supposed dead horse) is not prudent. They've gotten out of tough spots before, so we must first watch and wait.
I'm about to marry one. At least he doesn't lean to the right, even if he has some awful misconceptions about great many things.
Sem problemas, camarada ^^
I didn't quite mean selling, but learning how to make what we need in-house without relying on others - something DPRK and Iran did. Iran specially has developed a tank named Zulfiqar that's a lot like the EE-T1.
But you're right; we'd need a socialist government for any such events to develop. And for closer ties with the rest of the South.
There is a documentary named "Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seul", about the DPRK "defectors" that regretted their decisions. It was on youtube last year, but I do not know if it is still there.
No wonder the gringos did all they could to sabotage Engesa. Nowadays, it'd likely work better - if they had a partnership with another bigger power like Pakistan or India did with China and Russia, respectively. Or a government that's actually interested in self-preservation like the DPRK or Iran.
EE-T1 Osório would still be a decent tank nowadays, judging by the data. It feels like one of these T-64 and T-72 mixed with Western tanks (usually M60 and Leopard 2) derivates that Iran and China made in the 90s and 2000s
Short answer: entire year unemployed, then working in healthcare delivering things to folks that had even less than I have.
It is the ultimate weapon: It is a jet plane, it is a submarine, it is a suicide drone, the possibilities are endless!