Just a thought-terminating cliche, very popular. It's one of the words used to shutdown brain function when you read something that shakes cognitive dissonance.
China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing’s ability to cut off the island from outside support in a conflict
Cutting Taiwan from US support in case of conflict is famously NOT invasion, it's defense against US attacks.
Also, “emigration rates” is a bullshit metric. You CAN’T leave NK without special permission from the government.
So... they don't have a brain drain? Per Cambridge dictionary: "the situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people leave their own country to live and work in another one where pay and conditions are better"
NK was a powerhouse around 50-60 years ago, but significantly stupid decision making has led to them falling behind South Korea
Significantly stupid decision making such as being economically sanctioned by almost the entire world and not receiving billions in US aid conditional to murdering communists?
I have my differences with the WSWS but you could be more specific about this article in particular. What is the half of the truth not mentioned? What part of complaining about budget cuts to welfare is sensationalist?
Huh, what brain drain does NK have? What's its emigration rates?
Maybe North Korea wouldn't have problems to feed its people if it weren't wholly sanctioned by the west, though, plenty of countries with barely tillable soil who can feed themselves through food imports. Can you explain what you mean "concessions of food"?
The difference between you and me is that you apply equal degrees of responsibility to the most powerful empire in the world and the ones suffering under its thumb
Just to make sure you're logically consistent: you support North Korea's policy of strong militarization in defense against US + SK? Or is this something you reserve to US allies?
No, I'm not worried Taiwan is going to invade Beijing. I'm worried that the USA will attempt to put in place a seafare blockade against China together with the puppet nations of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, attempting to generate a casus belli for China against either of them and to manufacture another Ukraine but in the Chinese Sea.
But China has not annexed Taiwan, you're talking in hypotheticals. If China invades Taiwan tomorrow, maybe we can discuss that, but as of now China hasn't done anything like that.
Oops, can't spell it seems