When women and children are fleeing the country and men are forcibly conscripted to sure death? And under bombardment and losing utilities all the time
North Koreans don't have a particularly terrible quality of life in the 2020s, not at least anything on par with the eras of communist atrocities / purges / famine like it used to be. They've got generally functional social services, education, industrialization, public transportation, etc, they aren't just living in mud huts and rice paddies anymore. Obviously vastly more developed in Pyongyang, but the rest of the country isn't living much worse than rural areas of other asian countries. Less technology, no internet. A person could live and die a relatively peaceful and secure life as a farm laborer or factory worker or school teacher in North Korea right now.

Its a pretty easy choice between whether things are better for the average citizens of north korea or ukraine, but that's like asking whether its better to be a medieval peasant or to be the guy with his head in the stockades

fair point.

that the delay in the delivery of the ASC 890 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft, known as the Saab 340, is not directly linked to Sweden. Approval from the United States is required.

In other words, according to him, Sweden’s announcement doesn’t mean the deal is sealed.

"We thank the Swedes for opening the gate, but now it’s up to the Americans. And this is where things get uncomfortable," the expert added.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/delay-in-asc-890-aircraft-transfer-to-ukraine-1730469393.html

With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Good point, Russian soldiers will have the direct drone combat experience, while the US simply uses Ukrainian lives like NPCs in an RTS strategy game

When all the Ukrainians are dead the US will be satisfied, "we learned alot and lost nothing of value"

They don't have Freedom

This post was edited by Norlander on Nov 5 2024 11:24pm

Freedom is one metric. Then theres having a roof over your head, your next three meals and not being killed in your sleep by a shahed drone. For all its militarization and repression, North Koreans are not being killed en masse by either war or their own regime

So those damn Russians hacked the US elections again

There's a chance to go full Moldova and turn the remaining 2% of bulletins into solid 10% gap

Ukraine is saved. Fuck territory. Harris winning would've meant another eleventy billion war deaths while still losing all that territory. With Trump, Ukraine can lose less territory and end this gae regarded war right quick. Let Putin have Crimea and Donbass, he's bloody well earned it at this point. Right of conquest.

I’m really hoping we hear of some peace deal talked about in the next few months