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20 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The only way to acquire understanding of North Korea's socialist collectivism, "democratic centralism", system of governance and people is to read its constitution, available to all.
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2/Wrong term. Replace "democratic centralism" w/ People's democratic dictatorship:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27…
“The premise of the "People's democratic dictatorship" is that the CPC [and WPK] and state represent and act on behalf of the people, but in the preservation of the
3/"dictatorship of the proletariat, possess and may use powers against reactionary forces. Implicit in the concept of the people's democratic dictatorship is the notion that dictatorial control by the party is necessary to prevent the government from collapsing into a
4/""dictatorship of the bourgeoisie", a liberal democracy, which, it is feared, would mean politicians acting in the interest of the bourgeoisie. This would be in opposition to the socialist charter of the CPC.”

Should politicians act for the bourgeoisie or for the workers?

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Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly in DPRK passes 4 laws, notably a law “on rejecting reactionary ideology and culture”
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koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/12/06/nat…
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3/"The principles enshrined in the law were aimed at “further cementing our ideological, revolutionary & class positions by thoroughly preventing the inroads & spread of the anti-socialist ideology and culture and firmly maintaining our idea, spirit and culture,” the report said.
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22 Jul
Set aside the Western prism of media propaganda and see real North Koreans at last who are proud to be North Korean!:
From the NEW DPRK website:
Teenagers in North Korea | Blue sky blue sea blue dream MV | DPRK Vlog
2/North Korean teenagers performing contemporary dance in a music video released on New DPRK shows DPRK's leadership encouraging students to hold their own against their capitalist rivals, K-pop idols.

Thought experiment: Picture the elation these teenagers experience after a ImageImageImageImage
3/wrap of the video. The choreography was superb, dance execution was perfect & everyone involved is happy. Another student tho who has a flash drive full of K-pop music videos has alienated him-/herself from them by envying South Koreans.

Would you be THAT student?
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"This year, North Korea could face food shortages of up to 1.35 million tons…[It's] food requirements are about 5.75 million tons annually."
wsj.com/articles/kim-j…
Despite the struggles, few experts expect that North Korea is on the brink of a famine, like...in the 1990s.”
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3/The media's claims of North Korea's economy being in its "“worst-ever” economic situation" are simply distortions of reality, which these 2 charts accurately represent👇: ImageImage
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21 Jul
DPRK 101
Pyongyang's iconic hammer, sickle, and writing brush
koryogroup.com/travel-guide/n…
“These three symbols represent the core classes represented by the Workers Party of Korea. The hammer and sickle symbolize the worker and farmers of ‘traditional’ communist ideology, while the
2/"calligraphy brush represents the intellectual class.

The inclusion of the intellectual class into the Workers’ Party of Korea is reflective of the role of prominent Korea intellectuals, including the linguist and scholar Kim Tu Bong, in the creation of the the party and early
3/"DPRK state as well as the traditional value of learning in Korean society.”

This piece 👇illustrates solidarity b/t workers (DPRK music students) = 🔨& farmers (= sickle). To entertain the farmers the band performed songs in the rice paddies.
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This is a Western "Refraction Piece"👇b/c Socialism is the ideological fuel, and "democratic dictatorship" & the socialist collective are the backbone of governance, within the DPRK.

North Korea's Plan to Save Itself: Make Kim-Style Socialism Great Again?
nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-wat…
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3/You'd think, by listing to Bandow & others, that the Constitution of North Korea
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitut…
is "rubbish" & that concepts like "People's democratic dictatorship"
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27…
& "socialist collectivism" are moot re DPRK. They're fixated on the "apparent👇
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