• CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml
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    At first I was like holy shit but upon reading, it’s very different from what the headline makes you imagine. DPRK destroyed roads on their side of the border that connect to ROK through the DMZ. It’s a defensive measure that signals they don’t intend to use the roads either for the foreseeable future.

    • Sinister [none/use name, comrade/them]@hexbear.netB
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      This is the china’s ukraine war - I don’t remember who, but someone predicted this, that instead of taiwan they would use the Koreas to “contain” china.

      I hope leftists wont do critical support for south korea and muh inter-imperialist infighting this time. Because its imperative to support NK in this conflict.

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        Late stage capitalism combined with the total implosion of the imperial project thanks to brics and their inability to totally dominate the information space= the final threshings of a dying state

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    Fake Korea has been unnecessarily hostile with the drone shit as of late. You can tell that they’re looking for a conflict.

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      Something like 2 or 3 years ago Kim announced they are tuning down military expenses because nukes made them safer. I don’t know for sure if they really did, but this looks like a response for this, and exactly in time needed to demobilise some military.

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        Earlier this year Korea announced it was abandoning it’s policy of unification stating that unification is impossible while the South is occupied by the USA. This seems to be an expansion of that policy change, likely based on recon.

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      I really hope that the DPRK knows what it’s doing. I’m sure they do, and I won’t pretend to know better. This is almost definitely a trap though, Fake Korea deliberately provoking the DPRK more than usual to entice conflict, then the collective west can point to the DPRK as the aggressor.

      I hope that the DPRK, if this does lead to escalation, sees a lull in Amerikkkan imperialist colonialism, to where the DPRK can strike back.

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        When there are joint exercises between USA and ROK, those are mere inches away from actual invasion. It’s been this way for many years, and DPRK has just had to cope by being combat ready at nearly all times.

        This is a new level of combat readiness. Without the roads and rail, ROK can’t use them in an invasion. This makes DPRK more defensible.

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        America can’t afford a 3rd front right now, they don’t want anything to distract them from their holy crusade in the Middle East against Iran. It’s actually a perfect time for DPRK to apply pressure, they can get a lot of concessions because America is spread too thin

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          I think it’s more than just the US at this point though. ‘western’ capitalist countries are all in the same situation. UK, France, Canada… They understand the threat of BRICS to their previous economic hegemony, and there’s nothing like a world war to kickstart the economy amirite

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          You know how US is, they might try limited conventional conflict using only standing assets plus ROK and Japanese reinforments counting on Chinese and Russian nonintervention. Point of this would be not even to conquer DPRK but to tighten leash on ROK and Japan. Or maybe they completely flied off and are trying to test the defensive alliance DPRK and Russia signed few weeks ago.

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        I would be surprised if we even get that tbh. A lot of western “leftists” would probably say that any action is justified to destroy the evil Kim regime.

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          Surely, supporting the free democratic South against the evil fascist imperialist North is the true leftist position. Yes, the south is capitalist and capitalism bad but the north is capitalister because Kim owns everything. Yes, the south is supported by the US and America bad but this time America will be different I’m sure.

          Also, being invaded by the South will lead to epic mild social democracy in the north! They’ll be just like Sweden, the pinnacle of leftism!

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      I know most western “leftists” would unfortunately eat up the state department line on this like it was candy. NK might as well be Mars to the average person here.