North Korea: The bottom of the slippery slope

[Corth]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37604692/ns ... rk_times//

[kiryan]

damn that is depressing. at its worst, I'm not sure Iraq or Afghanistan were that bad.

[teflor the ranger]

The destruction of its own currency essentially kills the black market, something that communist societies cannot live with.

Allowing individuals to accumulate wealth threatens bloody tyrants and violent ideologues possibly more than anything else.

[Sarvis]

The destruction of its own currency essentially kills the black market, something that communist societies cannot live with.

Allowing individuals to accumulate wealth threatens bloody tyrants and violent ideologues possibly more than anything else.

More than shovels?

[teflor the ranger]

Shovels are necessary. Just ask the GSA.

[Corth]

damn that is depressing. at its worst, I'm not sure Iraq or Afghanistan were that bad.

Neither Iraq nor Afghanistan even come close. They had their own various issues, but one issue neither of them had was an ideological aversion to capitalism.

[teflor the ranger]

North Korea has ordered despotism and state killings. Afghanistan is just a disorganized mess. Which one is better? It's kind of special of the day there.

[Adriorn Darkcloak]

North Korea = Cuba = Oceania

[teflor the ranger]

"all were forsworn on the theory that, even in North Korea, the future was worth saving for."

Now if only the future was worth saving for in America.

[Ragorn]

The end result of conservative politics, right there in front of you.

Conversation over.

[kiryan]

lol both of those were pretty funny.

[teflor the ranger]

Democrats gonna tax me away.