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It's very hard for me to wrap my head around the DPRK, PRC, Vietnam, Cuba, etc., being more democratic and free than the U.S. (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by allthetimesivedied@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I’m not skeptical per se. I’ve just been propagandized so fucking much—I grew up watching those propagandocumentaries on the National Geographic Channel about the DPRK, etc., fr that was what I watched instead of cartoons lol.

Pretend I’m a lib who you’re trying to convince, or something. In addition to calming this feeling in my gut like something isn’t making sense, I want to be able to make this argument, myself.

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[-] Llituro@hexbear.net 50 points 8 months ago

us freedom is the freedom to die penniless in the street with the little that you own. cuba is, as corgi points out, a great one to contrast that situation with, since we both a) can know quite a bit more about cuba than say the dprk because of proximity and language barriers being lower and b) seem to have less propagandized views of cuba in my experience than east asian states. cuba also has some of the best freedoms wrt access to basic necessities, especially healthcare.