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IMO, we were the bad guys in Korea — with, of course, individual exceptions. We never should have gone. We escalated the war beyond all reason. And because of it, 2-4 million Korean civilians died. And we sided with a fascist thug dictator in the South. He had already slaughtered innocent civilians prior to our invasion, and we looked the other way when he did more of the same.
Not saying the North were the “good guys” either. But we definitely weren’t in the aggregate, from the standpoint of the powers that be. And the government in the South definitely wasn’t.
There’s a pattern, as mentioned in the article. We try our best to crush anyone who dares say no to capitalism, destroy their economy, embargo them, isolate them, and then when they have problems due to OUR destructive policies, we shout “See!! Their system can never work!! They’re brutal dictators and oppress their people!!”
Um, if we had actually lent them a helping hand instead of trying to crush them, it’s a good bet they wouldn’t have had to turn inward and go all in for “law and order,” etc.
That’s what being under siege does to a country. Just look at the way the West changed their laws during WWI and WWII. Pretty much every country in Europe, if they weren’t already taken over by the Germans, imposed their own oppressive rule. Again, that’s what being under siege does to nations.
We blew a once in a century chance when we didn’t take the peace dividend after WWII. We really could have been an agent for good instead of ill all over the globe and here. Just no more wars. No more coups. No more military proliferation and arms proliferation. Invest in humans and the planet. This shit isn’t rocket science!
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The mainstream-american narrative is that North Korea ‘started’ the war by invading the South.
Is that more or less true, or is there much more to it than that? Are there other ‘legitimate’ narratives?
Of course even if North Korea started it, that doesnt justify recklessly killing a gazillion civilians. Or does it?
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v…i know nothing about the Korean War, really. But that article up there is worth skimming if you too, know nothing. I didnt know the US totally completely and utterly bombed the shit out of the North. They remember that. Americans dont.
Pyongyang today:
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Well, I would not ‘dismiss’ the anti-statue protests. Or the anti-confed-flag protests. But I am concerned that the leftist movements or whatever we wanna call them, are spending a lot of time on symbolic stuff (because its easier) rather than on ‘structural’ stuff (cause its harder to do and harder to understand).
But i would definitely not tell an activist ‘dont’ protest about statues or whatever. Inside my head, i would be shaking my head though.
Essentially, i am saying the left is in a sad state. I dont think enough americans ‘get it’. The big picture, ie. I’m saying there has been a great failure. A failure of the left to educate and organize. Not enough leftists ‘get’ the corporotacracy. They ‘get’ the statue-issues.
Im not ‘blaming’ people for this state of affairs. The people are a reflection of the power of the corporotacracy.
I’m all for alliances. Maybe things will get better. Bernie’s popularity is indeed a sign of hope. The power of the DNC and the REP Party is a sign that hope is…a long shot. We shall bash on relentlessy though, anyway, wont we 🙂
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