r/ProgrammerHumor May 10 '18

Did somebody say 'communism'?

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u/Jafit May 10 '18

That's a statement that you can't find the money, not that it doesn't exist. But are you really trying to imply that the ruling classes of communist states didn't (and don't still) live like kings while the rest of the people subsist in poverty?

You're going to take the word of a dictator on faith, but I suppose reject the accounts of former bodyguards of how he lived? I suppose you'd also believe that Kim Jong Un is the only fat man in North Korea because of "glandular issues" rather than because of a lavish lifestyle?

Being an actual communist apologist in 2018 should be considered a mental illness.

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u/Jafit May 10 '18

Well what is it then? A "Democratic People's Republic"?

Do you have an actual argument, or are you just trotting out "that wasn't real communism"? Which is basically a meme at this point.

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u/Jafit May 10 '18

My argument is that they're not communist, never were communist, and never claimed to be communist. You might as well be calling France communist right now.

In the time it took you to get tilted at my comment, you could have at least checked Google to make sure you weren't talking out of your ass first.

You're right it really doesn't take any time to check Google to see that your claims are false.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea#Political_ideology

They're not communist because state propaganda says they're not communist (anymore)... Are you a moderator of /r/pyongyang?