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[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 36 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yes sure and all the increased train traffic that the satellites are recording are just empty trains

A country that devotes most of its budget to the military is certainly unable to make ammunitions.

Go to watch the recording of their military parades to see how many weapons they're showing.

They're not just parading with a sad little tank from the 40s like that "greatest military power in the world"

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

All bullshit aside, I agree. I've heard North Korea is actually pretty damn industrious.

Evil, fucked up, and building upon the blood, sweat, tears, and bodies of their poor and working class... But industrious all the same.

I guess I'm saying fuck them, but maybe don't discount them.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

Yeah, they've been industrious for decades. Not much choice when your natural resources are mostly mountains and minerals. Before the split, most industry was in the north and agriculture was in the south. In fact, the Kaesong industrial complex on the border was built to allow both countries to benefit from their resources (SK having money and NK having cheap labor).

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

all the increased train traffic that the satellites are recording are just empty trains

Well, that actually would be plausible. If they had the fuel.