You’ll see anarchists praising Rosa Luxemburg, who if they had actually read her writings – they would see that she was very clearly one of the “authoritarian” socialists that they rail against so much.

You see them praise the Black Panthers, who were supported financially by the DPRK and aligned themselves with the Juche ideology of Kim Il Sung.

They even praise Thomas Sankara, who purged anarchists and arrested syndicalists.

If these people had succeeded, i have no doubt in my mind that anarchists would call them “tankies,” they would call their experiments “capitalism with a red flag.” And I also have no doubt in my mind that if the October Revolution, Chinese Revolution had been crushed, they would hail Lenin and Mao as proletarian heroes.

    • mo_ztt ✅@lemmy.worldEnglish
      45·
      1 year ago

      Sure, send me some threads if you’re okay with that. I’m not looking for argument if you don’t want it, but I definitely don’t agree out of the gate with your assertion. I’ve read negative stories about the DPRK in all kinds of journalistic outlets that aren’t anonymous and that I wouldn’t expect to be CIA-influenced.

      There are countries where I would 100% agree with your assessment of where the blame lies for their situation (Cuba is probably the prime example), but North Korea isn’t one of them. Send me the source threads, I’m curious.

      • QueerCommie@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        15·
        1 year ago

        that aren’t anonymous

        I’m guessing you’re referring to defectors. Many people left in 90’s because of legitimately bad conditions thanks to sanctions and the fall of the USSR. When they go into South Korea they are put into camps where they check if the defectors are spies and then try to brainwash them against communism and against their former leaders. Then once they are free they are often paid large amounts of money to tell (and exaggerate) their story of escape. The more crazy and horrible the story the more they get paid. A decent amount of people want to go back, but the SK government won’t let them. For more information watch ‘Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seol’ which someone already linked.

      • redtea@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        all kinds of journalistic outlets that aren’t anonymous and that I wouldn’t expect to be CIA-influenced

        If you post some links, we can dig into them. Again, not in an argumentative way (insofar as it’s possible with a topic so spicy).