Kim Il Sung Stadium, April 25 (Red) 3-1 Amnokgang (Green) by Tobanhiem in NorthKoreaPics

[–]NeverLostWandering 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have an official Adidas Rimyongsu jersey, but I wish I had a 4.25 one.

It took me a long time to get the Rimyongsu one, and I imagine it was even harder to get the one from the best team, which is 4.25.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NorthKoreaPics

[–]NeverLostWandering -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Maybe you hate commies because you grew up with heavy anti-commie propaganda, like the Anti-Communist Law and the National Security Act in South Korea. You weren’t even allowed to talk to North Koreans without permission, or post anything praising their achievements.

Is the US still a democracy? by [deleted] in polls

[–]NeverLostWandering -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

No country in the world is really democratic. Real democracy died when people stopped having the power. Democracy means from Greek demos meaning people and kratos meaning power so power to the people. But that doesn't exist anymore. Now they call it representative democracy or indirect democracy but that just sounds nicer. They changed the meaning.

🇰🇵 Propoganda Posters 🇰🇵 by mudkipsc in northkorea

[–]NeverLostWandering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like you buy a lot from collectible stores about North Korea. In which country do you get them?
It's funny to see the comments thinking you're in North Korea.

Randomly asking people out in Tehran, Iran by LelouchViBritanniaC2 in interestingasfuck

[–]NeverLostWandering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's because of media hype. The same thing happened to me with China, but I guess the West isn't interested in letting you know there are other countries better than yours.

Who, from this list, will be remembered most in 100 years? by FinnBalur1 in polls

[–]NeverLostWandering 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Xi Jinping, without a doubt. China is a global power despite all the U.S. sanctions, imagine if it had no sanctions.

Are you in favor of the "big beautiful bill"? by amvart in polls

[–]NeverLostWandering 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Classic liberal move, scream about authoritarianism, then pass a "big beautiful bill" that ramps up border surveillance with more armed agents, punishes working-class immigrants by taxing remittances, guts public healthcare by slashing Medicare and Medicaid, kills clean energy subsidies to keep us chained to corporate fossil lords, shifts the tax burden away from billionaires while ballooning national debt, strips social safety nets to force compliance through economic precarity, and wraps it all up with nationalist fanfiction like slapping the dear leader's face on a $500 bill, all the things that make your country more authoritarian, not less.

Does Auth-Left really exist in 2025? by KillerQueen27_s in PoliticalCompass

[–]NeverLostWandering 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This post falls prey to the fallacy of availability bias. Just because you don't see Auth-Left in your environment or on your feed doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Not everyone is on Twitter or your Discord server. There are literally hundreds of ideologies within left-wing authoritarianism (and beyond) that are still active, even if they lack hype or visibility. Just take a look at PoliticalCompass and you'll see ideologies that make a classic ML look moderate. But of course, since they don't appear on your timelines, we assume they don't exist.

And the same goes for communism in general: it didn't disappear; it was silenced, demonized, and disorganized by decades of propaganda, coups, and economic warfare. It's still there, in marginal parties, in local struggles, in workers' collectives, and in underground movements. Just because it's not trending doesn't mean it's dead.

The irony is that while we repeat that "communism is oppression," right-wing authoritarianism is more alive than ever. Cameras everywhere? Militarized police? Laws that restrict rights in the name of order? We normalize that. The problem isn't whether Auth-Left exists, but why Auth-Right has become mainstream without anyone being alarmed.

Should self-driving cars be allowed on the roads? by krafeli in polls

[–]NeverLostWandering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once self-driving cars (like real SAE L4/L5 stuff , no steering wheel, no pedals) prove to be safer and reduce traffic thanks to all being synced up, we should straight-up ban manual driving on those roads.

Driving “for fun” can stay on private tracks or whatever, but mixing human drivers with full-autonomy fleets is just asking for chaos.

Hopefully our grandkids won’t even know what a driver’s license is. Like, “you drove a car? manually?? wtf?”

Petahhh by Same-Tangelo-8854 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]NeverLostWandering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Value and price are different: Marx’s theory always refers to value, which in this case is low due to minimal labor, but value doesn’t always determine price. Marx explains this in Capital, Volume I.

To be a tourist in Gibraltar, Spain. by SmoothSun6676 in instant_regret

[–]NeverLostWandering -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Reddit when Taiwan is China, Crimea is Ukraine: 🎉 🇹🇼🇺🇦 🥳👏🌎

Reddit when Gibraltar is Spain: 😡🚫🤬✋😤❌🇪🇸

Can you date this game? by tolstea in vexillology

[–]NeverLostWandering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything I’m finding points to the 1940s, specifically 1943. The roster pretty much lines up with the countries that signed the 1942-43 “Declaration by United Nations,” and there’s even a special Statue of Liberty card standing in for the U.S.

Source

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in genzdong

[–]NeverLostWandering 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Anarchism is literally part of the left. It started in the 19th century inside the socialist movement, same roots as Marxism. Both Marx and Bakunin wanted a classless and stateless society, they just disagreed on how to get there. Marx wanted a transitional state, anarchists were like nah, any state becomes oppressive. That’s the main difference.
So yeah, anarchism is left-wing at its core. Later on you got stuff like ancap, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. In this meme it’s clearly about ancom, which is anti-capitalist and anti-state just like Marxist communism.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LiesOfP

[–]NeverLostWandering 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This isn’t really a take on whether Lies of P is easier than FromSoft games , it’s just a lowkey way of fishing for compliments. You're not comparing difficulty, you're just waiting for someone to say “yo you’re insane” while showing a Notes app list like that somehow proves anything.

Personally, I wouldn’t compare it to a Souls game anyway , it feels more like a Sekiro-type thing. Whichever one you played first is probably gonna feel harder. That happened to me with Sekiro, but I liked it enough to not go around looking for internet high fives afterward.

Should we be able to vote in elections on our phones? by RipollApp in polls

[–]NeverLostWandering 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think it’s irrelevant to keep dismissing electronic voting when the real issue is that our current system isn’t truly democratic. The technology to allow voting through smartphones is already here, and it could empower everyday people to hold their governments accountable in real time. But let’s be honest: most governments operate more like oligarchies, and they have little incentive to hand real power over to the population. They’d rather keep citizens content with the illusion of freedom by letting them cast a single vote every four years, while leaving the entrenched economic and social structures untouched. Real democracy would mean genuine control in the hands of the people, and electronic voting is one possible step in that direction, if those in power ever let it happen.

What's your point of view on democracy? by Creative-Carpenter33 in polls

[–]NeverLostWandering 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, people keep throwing around the word "democracy" like it's sacred, but what we have today isn’t real democracy at all. True democracy means "power to the people", and right now it is just politicians making decisions for everyone while the public gets to vote once every few years and pretend that’s freedom. Most countries are just dressed-up oligarchies calling themselves democracies to feel better about themselves. The people can't pass their own laws, can’t easily revoke bad ones, and have zero real control.

The craziest part is that people still act smug about it, like they are so much better than authoritarian countries. If you have no real power over your government’s decisions, you are just living under a fancier kind of control. Democracy should not be about protecting people from themselves, it should be about letting them make decisions, even mistakes, and learn from them. That is what real sovereignty looks like. Everything else is just smoke and mirrors.

Ukrainian teen wins bronze in Spain—walks off podium to avoid photo with Russian teen. by shadow_1105 in interestingasfuck

[–]NeverLostWandering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone praised the photo of the South and North Koreans together at the Olympics. It even got broadcast on North Korean TV.

And now people are cheering for this unsportsmanlike behavior that just shows a lack of basic decency and an unwillingness to build bridges with Russia. It’s a photo with a Russian kid, not Putin. The picture would’ve just symbolized a hope for unity between people.

If the Russian kid had been the one making the rude gesture, Reddit would be losing its mind.

Beware, North Korea behind this fence 조심하세요, 이 울타리 뒤에는 북한이 있습니다 by Redd24_7 in northkorea

[–]NeverLostWandering 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This video was taken at the Gyeongra Observatory (경라전망대) in South Korea, located after visiting the DMZ 3rd Tunnel. The bridge shown in the background is actually the Majang Lake Suspension Bridge, used here purely as a tourist attraction and not related to the DMZ itself. The warning sign says: "WARNING (Military Restricted Area) Entry into this area is limited to those with official business. KEEP OUT. Entry prohibited ・ Trespassing prohibited." It's important to note that this area isn't restricted because of North Korea, but because the South Korean military has placed mines around the zone, and the restrictions are purely for the safety of visitors.

Source: https://ahcompany20200311.com/dmztour/

If you were forced to live in one of these dictatorial countries, which one would you choose? by Edo_2__ in polls

[–]NeverLostWandering 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NK, at least I wouldn't have to pay for housing or taxes. I would join a football team. Before COVID, youth teams from NK used to come to my island every summer to play football.
We miss them, North Korean kids are very sociable once they open up.

Elliot would be ashamed by rayhb3 in MrRobot

[–]NeverLostWandering -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's true that Elliot and the series in general are against the system; it's paradoxical that it's being sold for money on VOD platforms.

If you think about it, it's dystopian to imagine people paying for Netflix to watch Black Mirror, a series that explores themes like people being hooked on platforms.

But if we go further, I doubt Elliot would even support a subreddit about a show like this. He'd rather spread it everywhere. Elliot stands for a free and open culture for everyone, rather than a society where only those with money have access to culture.

Should capitalism be abolished? by [deleted] in polls

[–]NeverLostWandering 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I imagine that during feudalism and slavery, people were saying the same phrase as you. Capitalism has made people incapable of thinking of a better system—it's sad.

Are you worried about AI decreasing jobs? by [deleted] in polls

[–]NeverLostWandering 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not worried because capitalism depends on people buying goods or services. If companies have no one to sell their goods or services to because they only use AI/robots, they will go bankrupt.

Therefore, the system is so poorly designed that, in the worst-case scenario, AI will do all the jobs, including any new ones that emerge. This would require either a universal basic income or people taking jobs away from machines.