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[-] Justas@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Most interviews with escaped North Koreans state the opposite. They are expected to be very self reliant while not having much to begin with. Farmers typically get most of their grain taken away with no compensation and have to survive by foraging, etc.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

But... what's the point of farming in the first place if you can't eat it??

[-] Justas@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

Not being sent to the work camp for three generations is a good motivator.

[-] ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I imagine the point is not being killed or sent to a gulag to be worked to death for disobeying. Don't assume these people have much of a choice.

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