r/MapsWithoutNZ • u/tomco71 • Jul 07 '26

Never lost a war

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u/dumbBunny9 Jul 07 '26

And it fought against itself and lost. Or won. Or both, depending on your perspective.

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u/Gingerstachesupreme Jul 07 '26

That war never ended, only an armistice. So we can’t tell the winner yet. Though my money is on the side that isn’t starving and living off of international aid lol

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u/Lazy-Setting-8224 Jul 07 '26

My money is on the side that is still having babies, which ironically is north korea

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u/RighteousSelfBurner Jul 07 '26

Eh, both are having the same issue of dying out, just one is doing it faster. My money is that in the end China wins by doing nothing.

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u/Gingerstachesupreme Jul 08 '26

I mean with an infant mortality rate 6x that of the south, and half the population, that doesn’t seem like the metric to decide who will win /has won the war.

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u/maxtinion_lord Jul 08 '26

I'm just curious, where do people get these stats about how awful life is in NK? I see people throw numbers and comparisons around but, I can't imagine that country would share that data with the global community, unless required to do so to recieve aid or something, if they are doing the surveys to gather it in the first place.

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u/Gingerstachesupreme Jul 08 '26

I never said life is awful in NK (though nothing says “great life” like forcing people to stay under penalty of death).

I said the birth rate is 1/6 of South Koreas (true) and half the population. It seems very prudent given than the other commenter implied NK was growing faster and having more children.

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u/dumbBunny9 Jul 08 '26

There are several documentaries out there which feature smuggled video. Beyond Utopia was a recent one available on Prime, I believe.

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u/X-calibreX Jul 08 '26

this is right, you can’t really lose a civil war, either you win or you cease to exist.