https://nypost.com/2020/08/17/kim-jong-un-orders-pet-dogs-to-be-confiscated-in-pyongyang/
Kim Jong Un orders pet dogs to be confiscated in North Korean capital
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has ordered pet dogs to be confiscated in the country’s capital, saying the pooches represent Western “decadence’’ — but their owners fear Fido is really headed for someone’s dinner table.
Kim issued the directive in July to round up the pets, claiming they were part of “a ‘tainted’ trend by bourgeouis ideology,’’ a source told the English edition of Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper.
“Ordinary people raise pigs and livestock on their porches, but high-ranking officials and the wealthy own pet dogs, which stoked some resentment’’ among the lower classes, the source said.
“Authorities have identified households with pet dogs and are forcing them to give them up or forcefully confiscating them and putting them down.’’
But while the oppressive regime says the move is to clamp down on capitalist extravagance in Pyongyang, the dog owners are fearful that given North Korea’s food shortage — and propensity for eating dog meat — the directive has only come about to feed the masses.
The dog owners are “cursing Kim Jong Un behind his back,” but otherwise, their hands are tied, the source lamented.
“Ordinary people raise pigs and livestock on their porches, but high-ranking officials and the wealthy own pet dogs, which stoked some resentment’’ among the lower classes, the source said."
Bourgeoisie...? Lower Class...? I thought one of the joys of communism was to
eliminate such classifications in society? Everyone is EQUAL!! Yeah.
Only some will always be more equal than others. Truer words never spoken.
And I get a kick out of Kim trying to eradicate this scourge within society when
he himself is worth $500 Million and owns a stable of expensive horses.
Too bad communism is controlled by communISTS, eh? Ponzi scheme.
@Earl-of-Trumps
N. Korea certainly isn't anything like what Marx envisaged, "dictatorship of the proletariat, the state will wither away". It's just a dictatorship.
The post that was quoted here has been removedThe story was reliable enough that it was reported by the Business Insider, a left-leaning publication:
https://www.businessinsider.com/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-confiscates-pet-dogs-decadence-2020-8
This was first reported in a South Korean newspaper:
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/08/12/2020081200634.html
I suppose Duchess is going to accuse South Korea of "western bias" as well.
@Duchess64
Note that this story seems to be emphasized by right-wing
propaganda sources such as the
'New York Post', 'Washington Times', or 'Fox News".
Yes it is emphasized by only conservative sources because YOUR prog
propaganda sources like The Guardian wouldn't dare put the communist
People's Paradise into a dark light.
Your slur on these news sources is hardly a dismembering of their veracity, but
is your attempt at hiding the truth - a truth that hurts your communist cause.
@vivify said<smile> nice find
This was first reported in a South Korean newspaper:
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/08/12/2020081200634.html
I suppose Duchess is going to accuse South Korea of "western bias" as well.
What do you think the propaganda machine (Duchess) is going to say?
Of course it is all SK propaganda, their sources are ALL unreliable.
She's the source of propaganda, communists are famous for it.
Do you think she will learn by all of this - that HER sources lack the total truth?
@earl-of-trumps saidIn order to save face, Duchess will refuse to acknowledge she's been refuted, then attempt to attack South Korea because of their feud with NK....anything but acknowledge she's wrong.
<smile> nice find
What do you think the propaganda machine (Duchess) is going to say?
Of course it is all SK propaganda, their sources are ALL unreliable.
She's the source of propaganda, communists are famous for it.
Do you think she will learn by all of this - that HER sources lack the total truth?
Duchess recently embarrassed herself by going on a long rant using words like "ignorant" (quite a limited vocabulary) where she attacked me. It was then pointed out that she misread my post, and she sheepishly just pretend her faulty reading comprehension never happened. Fragile ego, that one.
@earl-of-trumps saidThis is not communism, this is a dictatorship. In North Korea the people clearly don't own the means of production, one ruling family does with a single dictator calling the shots.
“Ordinary people raise pigs and livestock on their porches, but high-ranking officials and the wealthy own pet dogs, which stoked some resentment’’ among the lower classes, the source said."
Bourgeoisie...? Lower Class...? I thought one of the joys of communism was to
eliminate such classifications in society? Everyone is EQUAL!! Yeah.
Only some ...[text shortened]... ns a stable of expensive horses.
Too bad communism is controlled by communISTS, eh? Ponzi scheme.