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GreenStormCloud

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2. In NK they don't buy stuff because they are broke and there is nothing to buy.

Reply to Courtesy Flush (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 08:36 AM

May 2012

I rather like having the freedom to buy stuff that I want but that someone else may think that I don't need. I don't want some government planner telling me what I need and don't need.

Did you even bother to read the small print at the beginning of the film? It was propaganda of the most blatant sort, referring to Kim as miraculous.

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N. Korean film about Western Propaganda -- Makes valid points [View all] Courtesy Flush May 2012 OP

lol @9:34 Enrique May 2012 #1

In NK they don't buy stuff because they are broke and there is nothing to buy. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #2

Sickening propaganda to Broderick May 2012 #12

Public relations is propaganda "lite". xtraxritical May 2012 #3

Excellent reply :) Lenomsky May 2012 #4

Indeed PSPS May 2012 #7

I agree - mia May 2012 #10

This is kind of absurd Lars77 May 2012 #5

Indeed Lenomsky May 2012 #16

just because you agree with some points (this video is garbage) iamthebandfanman May 2012 #6

Three to six jurors decided one post was okay. Iggo May 2012 #9

"garbage like this shouldnt have a place on DU." Lenomsky May 2012 #17

"they are monsters who starve their own people" Lenomsky May 2012 #19

"Small minded input"....Are you for real? North Korea is a HELL HOLE. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #25

The US has concentration camps. Lenomsky May 2012 #26

"The US has concentration camps." ... Oh, Really. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #27

Childish TINY URL Pfft Lenomsky May 2012 #28

You said "The US has concentration camps". A simple retraction would be nice. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #29

Re: The url.... I changed it! For youuuu! Warren DeMontague May 2012 #30

It does make some valid points SemperEadem May 2012 #8

Read the comments on YouTube. This the first part of a much longer movie. mia May 2012 #11

As we can see this is a propaganda film about propaganda. pa28 May 2012 #13

Kudos! Lenomsky May 2012 #18

Well I just saw your other post upthread and I agree. pa28 May 2012 #20

If anyone knows anything sulphurdunn May 2012 #14

And the Nazis had the trains running on time. Swede May 2012 #15

I have a really hard time believing that this is a North Korean film. Bolo Boffin May 2012 #21

I agree. fasttense May 2012 #23

anti-propaganda propaganda. marble falls May 2012 #22

So they think the CIA created the Beatles to put a stop to the political protests of the late 60s? Warren DeMontague May 2012 #24

"...his mother, who was hanged in 1996, on the same day Shin's only brother was shot to death." Warren DeMontague May 2012 #31

They make many good points, but the irony is astounding. nt Proles May 2012 #32