• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    I was talking about the US leveling 95% of the buildings in what is now the DPRK. That put the North at a pretty big disadvantage economically, and hard economic times often lead to despots.

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      4 days ago

      this would’ve been due to the japanese invasion though right?

      Even then, still doesnt excuse human rights violations, to the level that NK does.

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          4 days ago

          i mean yeah, but if we’re going to root cause, it would necessarily be japan im certain. They were the ones invading china/korea at the time. The US wasn’t even involved until the end of the war.