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Related: About this forumChristopher Hitchens: N Korea the most theocratic state in the world..
Hitchens actually went to N Korea to see for himself, he makes some interesting points in this video.
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Christopher Hitchens: N Korea the most theocratic state in the world.. (Original Post)
Fumesucker
Dec 2011
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hlthe2b
(113,954 posts)1. based on a "worship" of Kim Jong Il?
(no time to watch right now, but will later....)
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)2. Oh man, excellent piece. nt
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ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)3. I wish North Koreans had unrestricted access to the internet. nt
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)4. That was quite valuable to watch.
Very disturbing. A whole fraction of the human race in a state of living death.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)5. K&R n/t
Bolo Boffin
(23,872 posts)6. "At least you can die and leave fucking North Korea."
Hitchens was a big mess of a guy, but when you could agree with him, boy, could you.