Jeffrey Lewis History of Communism part 5 North Korea

[labragull]

@TheTollundWoman [cont4]

news.donga.com/3/all/20110419/­36524366/1

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[labragull]

@TheTollundWoman [cont3] and come to think of it Seung Man never really worked for the good of SK anyway. lol

[labragull]

@TheTollundWoman [cont2] btw here is an article showing a north korean person on a cellphone, the article is from SK so it's in korean but i suppose you can run googletranslate. :P

biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_­dir/2011/03/29/2011032901164.h­tml

[labragull]

@TheTollundWoman [cont] btw north koreans do use cellphones and internet does exist though it is more like a closed network. life in NK IS horrid, but facts are facts and then there are heated opinions... as terrible as it is, history should not be summed up in a few words, and many rewrite history and are not condemned enough for it. [which reminds me of those crazy people who tried to assert that the korean lettering came from outer space.. made stone carvings and all, lol]

[labragull]

@TheTollundWoman o_O... I am also pretty sure that the dictators of NK are terrible tyrants, but dongsoola has a point as well. many people were actually taken away, tortured, murdered just because someone touted them to be a 'communist' for decades, and as a person from SK, i can't say that the forceful occupation by the States was entirely a good thing[because not all of the world needs dabbling or burying agent orange and other toxic chemicals before reguations even existed, thanks]

[Franksmusicpage]

Big fan of yours from the States, now I live in Korea and really enjoyed this installment.

[GSarovich]

this taught me more then history ever could.

[wereluva]

loved it, finally understand what happened, and awsome drawings

[dongsoola]

Also Kim, Il Sung didnt want Korea divided

and wanted joined election between SK and NK.

It is the US backed up SK first president Seung Man who had election on SK alone which decisively divided Korea.

[Plutoniummatt]

@dongsoola

still, Kim Jong il and Kim il sung are both fucking morons and deserve death! :D I love you dongsooladick

[TheTollundWoman]

@dongsoola

Thats completely fale. The South Korean govt. called for an election, but Kim Il-Sung refused,knowing that the communists (pawns of the Soviet imperialists) had no hope of winning democratic elections. Instead of letting the people decide their own fate the Communists set up a dictatorship and slaughtered anyone who dared protest.,

You're entitled to your own perverse opinions- but not to your own facts. Can't rewrite history.

[kurlyfries2]

@TheTollundWoman u spelled fail wrong. and can barely speak shut up.

[TheTollundWoman]

@kurlyfries2

It was a typo, I have an outdated laptop and some of the keys are close to dysfunctional. Is that your only rebuttal, to criticize a spelling error, instead of responding to the historical facts I cited?

[dongsoola]

If there were free speech and no forceful occupation by US, Korea would have been communized.

[dongsoola]

Again very misleading point in the song.

There were lots of lots of communsm idea spreading in Korea.

But under US occupation these people were arrested, killed, and massacred.

When war broke out, while SK army retreating like 300,000 SK people under communist list were massacred.

[ManEaterFromReading]

@PoorKorea

Haha, well, everyone's entitled to their own opinion

[JayHick]

Well, I learned a lot. And the art was good too.

[8ullfrog]

I really wish you didn't sing, aside from that this video was tops.

[matthewvaughan]

@8ullfrog The singing was great.

[fadedfuck]

we need informative artists like jeff now more than ever

[PunkStar6661]

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would love a teacher i that!!!!!!!!!!

Our school never taught us about what happened with Korea.

So i never knew nothing about it.

I only knew that their was a north and south and didn't like each other.

But that was all I knew.

[dresssexyatmyfuneral]

Taught me more than any history teacher has.

[sroomer]

youre a great artist, but please.. don't sing =P

[astigpogi18]

i know now thnx!

[bavandongen]

This is really good.

[alan838]

dude,, you rock!!!! and it is very informative... thank you man..

[bear9256]

freakin' awesome man

[termikesmike]

amazin' -