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I would say that's NK government should feel angry about how their people are being treated by Russia. But the NK government doesn't give a shit about them either.
I guess these workers are luckier than the NK soldiers being sent to the Ukraine war front to be ~~cannon~~ drone fodder.
So Russia is trying to make them feel at home?
I think Russia fears the NK would be trying to steal some water to bring to their family
If you think you are having a bad time; there is always someone having a bader time.
No, but, tankies tell me modern Russia is a utopia for some reason.
I don't think so. They support anti-western international policy but I think the consensus is that it's a reactionary capitalist hellhole and Putin is a POS
For example this Hexbear thread where even one of the Hexbear moderators says "I would very much like to see [Putin] shot in the face."
Can you show me anyone who thinks that?
Yes. 90% of Russians.
I've never been to Russia, but none of the Russians I've met thought that.
Maybe the ones who think that stay in Russia, but I feel like you just made up a person in your head.
Are you implying that Russia is a bad place Comrade?
No, I'm openly stating the place ruled by the oligarchs who benefited from destroying the USSR and selling the copper from the walls is a bad place.
But I don't think they restrict North Koreans to having no more than 1 shower per year.
How good must that shower feel? After a year of fighting in all-season mud and debris. Seems a valuable psyop for Ukraine would be to target the showers. Keep them miserable.