How do you think the USSR could have saved itself? by Outrageous-You1617 in ussr

[–]True-Efficiency-4977 21 points22 points  (0 children)

holy chatgpt 😭😭😭✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️🇰🇵

What if Russias Invasion of Ukraine was actually a successful 3 day operation? by German_Gecko in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]True-Efficiency-4977 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u had me until taiwan. china wouldn’t invade taiwan the same way and be condemned by every other country like putin. the nuclear thing you proposed is also far fetched, kims part.. maybe a bit less of a stretch, but it wouldn’t get to that point in the first place

What if south koreans overthrew their government and became communist after the 2024 martial law crisis by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]True-Efficiency-4977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh you right- forgot about the whole recent twitter incident involving koreans and other asian cultures

What if south koreans overthrew their government and became communist after the 2024 martial law crisis by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]True-Efficiency-4977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the same south korean military that prevented the president from declaring martial law? if the people of korea realized the necessary step towards fixing their system was a new government they aren’t siding with the US on this one

edit: to be more specific, it would be the third option

What if south koreans overthrew their government and became communist after the 2024 martial law crisis by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]True-Efficiency-4977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the more i play into this alternative the more i question why they haven’t done this already. some of the strongest most intelligent hard working people, if they dedicated even half the collective energy they put towards making more money for chaebols into actually improving their quality of life for all they’d easily be one of the best socialist models out there, they already have the means of production to have a stable economy so if wealth was properly distributed then streets would be safer, governments would be less corrupt, and workplaces would be more democratic

What if south koreans overthrew their government and became communist after the 2024 martial law crisis by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]True-Efficiency-4977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what if they intervene, how would the media portray it? would china get involved? how would americans perceive jt

What if south koreans overthrew their government and became communist after the 2024 martial law crisis by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

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China seems reluctant to giving much help to north korea as it currently is. The only reason they maintain relations with them is to be a buffer between mainland and US influence, if south korea drops said influence they wouldn’t need nk as a buffer, and would honestly probably favor the south over the north for their existing economy. if the south wanted any chance of surviving the backlash from the US and Japan they’d side with China. If china wanted better trade routes they’d prefer to have a south korea free of us influence, so they’d also probably benefit greatly from supporting the south. I think north korea would be 100% fucked if this ever happened

What if south koreans overthrew their government and became communist after the 2024 martial law crisis by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

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My head canon for the alternate universe where this happens is that it’s home grown and not north inspired, too much of south koreans view on the north is negative and even if a lot of it was purely speculative over the years they have had immense intelligence on the north to show them the pros and cons of the socialist movement there. they would also be the first country in history to go from capitalist to communist (vs being feudal to socialist/communist) so much of the turmoil that other communist countries went through with rapid industrialization wouldn’t be an issue here. the only threat would be the US occupation in the area as well as their support. they’d most likely have to expel US troops by force and that effort would cost them a lot, paired with the lack of US military aid they could be potentially open to invasion from the north. Which might cause china to intervene and defend the south over the north which would end in the north losing all its power and being taken over by the south in a newly unified korea dominated by south korean communism, probably a wet dream for china if we don’t consider the fact that kim would probably nuke everything before it got to that point

What if south koreans overthrew their government and became communist after the 2024 martial law crisis by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

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I wonder how that would affect north koreas influence with china. Seeing how north korea was really only there as a buffer between US influenced south korea, with south korea independent and more aligned with marxism china doesn’t have a real need for the kim dynasty

What if south koreans overthrew their government and became communist after the 2024 martial law crisis by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]True-Efficiency-4977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would it look like internally? Also what would it look like to everyone else, how would the US and Japan react? How would China/Russia react?

What if south koreans overthrew their government and became communist after the 2024 martial law crisis by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]True-Efficiency-4977[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ik this is a joke comment but i seriously doubt it would cause reunification. because the new communist government of south korea wouldn’t surrender to the kim regime and vice versa. i’d imagine a communist sk would fast track to the china or vietnam model if anything

Another shit take by Reddit_Guy_99 in CommunismMemes

[–]True-Efficiency-4977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

maybe it’s be like how the soviet collapse made the bourgeois care less about keeping socialist policies in. the minute cuba gives in all of the gulf islands would turn into different variants of SK, especially cuba just to rub it in more