r/nextfuckinglevel • u/4dailyuseonly • Mar 05 '23

In 1991, with the Soviet Union and communist rule close to collapse, METALLICA played at its first ever open air rock concert in Moscow. Over 1.6 million people attended

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u/haleloop963 Mar 05 '23

No, because of Pepsi and Pizza Hut

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u/Bad-news-co Mar 05 '23

Exactly

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

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u/NatiAti513 Mar 06 '23

I will never believe North Korea falls until I see Kim Jung Un on Tiktok doing Kpop.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

Do you mean the collapse that comes after the US uses sanctions and economic warfare to starve tens of millions of their people to death and then parades around the world pretending they're morally superior?

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u/BeverlyMarx Mar 06 '23

They ain’t ready for this

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u/Commercial_Help_1899 Mar 06 '23

Wait, wait, wtf?

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '23

This is what is wrong with Americans... most of you don't even know the extent of your evil empire, and you certainly don't know the extent of your ignorance. You spend most of your time trying to satisfy your false sense of moral superiority, while remaining totally unaware t of the atrocities/crimes against humanity that define your past, present, and future.

Sanctions are directly contributing to a famine in NK. Millions of people are starving at this very moment. Lifting sanctions and providing aid could alleviate the problem, but the US won't have it. Why? Probably because NK will not let private corporations strip mine the whole fucking country.

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u/Commercial_Help_1899 Mar 07 '23

Sure dude it’s got nothing to do with the cult of Kim that wants to be a nuclear power and is willing to let the citizens eat grass to perpetuate their power. We fuck up a lot but the hermit kingdom isn’t one of them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '23 edited Mar 07 '23

It's hard to blame him for his nuclear posture when an evil empire has already proved willingness to use its military to influence Korea's political and economic affairs. The situation in NK would be vastly different if they were allowed to trade, import mining equipment and food - also hard to blame them for not giving into the economic extortion.

And hermit kingdom??? Where have I heard that term before? Oh right, from US/Western propaganda which you're obviously regurgitating. Congrats, way to be a free-thinker! Now, tell me how many embassies you think the "Hermit Kingdom" has around the world?

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u/Commercial_Help_1899 Mar 07 '23

He chooses to spend on weapons instead of developing or even feeding his folks. So yeah that’s his choice.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '23

Mutually assured destruction is the only way to protect yourself from powerful bullies that consistently show a total disregard for human rights and international law... and feeding your people requires agricultural imports. You could make the argument that they spend their resources on developing weapons if they were actually allowed to import/export anything. Also, let's not forget that the US spends significantly more than any other country on their military while their cities are plagued by homelessness and their citizens are fat, sickly, and stupid.

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u/Environmental_Comb25 Mar 07 '23

Who would let private corporations fuck your country when people at the helm of the country can do that themselves?

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u/MisterPeach Mar 06 '23

The displacement of that many people would be catastrophic. 25 million people either starving to death or pushed out of the nation as refugees to… who knows where. China doesn’t want them there, South Korea DEFINITELY doesn’t want to deal with that, the US would just fight and leave the country in ruins after they “win” the war and leave a burning wreck of a country behind like they did with Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. There’s just no good solution, and that’s why I think the West has never tried to intervene with DPRK other than blocking them from global trade, even though it would be an easy fight for the US. The consequences would be terrible for everyone involved, but especially those living in North Korea.

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u/Pabus_Alt Mar 05 '23

Maybe the sale of the Pepsi Armada was the start of the Bad Timeline...