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Thou shalt not attempt to humanize the citizen of the authoritarian, human-rights-violating enemy state.


I do not understand what you're saying.


It's not you. pphysch is a known troll


Not going to argue, but this comment is fascinating in light of your public HN activity history.


I'm satirizing the Western industry of dehumanizing/patronizing North Koreans. They are human beings just like us, even if our governments hate each other.


They are human beings just like us. That doesn't make their society just like any other society.


No society is the same. DPRK society is radically different than ours (e.g. by not valuing individualism), to the point that it causes a xenophobic reaction in a lot of people, but it is based on the same human fundamentals as ours.


I think your statements are really opaque in this conversation. It took until this post here before I had a clue what and what direction you were even going. Your other posts could have been read to indicate exactly the opposite of the one I'm responding to.


Satire is bound to fly over some people's heads, that's what makes it satire.


Satire isn't satire unless people understand it. In that case it is just unintelligible.




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