Living conditions vary. Cities like Pyongyang have better living conditions than rural areas, as an example. However, socialism doesn’t mean equal living conditions for all, especially in a poor country like the DPRK. What is true is that public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy, the working class in control of the state, and production and distribution are focused on satisfying the needs of the people primarily.
I think it’s amazing the Amish give their people the chance to explore the outer world with Rumspringa so they have a choice if that’s the life they want or not.
They’re also allowed to speak of their experiences freely too.
Do the citizens all live in comparable luxury as Kim Jong Un then?
Living conditions vary. Cities like Pyongyang have better living conditions than rural areas, as an example. However, socialism doesn’t mean equal living conditions for all, especially in a poor country like the DPRK. What is true is that public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy, the working class in control of the state, and production and distribution are focused on satisfying the needs of the people primarily.
Where do you get you information from?
I think it’s amazing the Amish give their people the chance to explore the outer world with Rumspringa so they have a choice if that’s the life they want or not.
They’re also allowed to speak of their experiences freely too.
Various sources. One I have my eye on recently is Roland Boer’s Socialism in Power: On the Theory and History of Socialist Governance.
Is that general theory or does it source out the claims you made about DPRK’s economy?
Both. It talks about various socialist systems and how they work in real life. Theory and history.
So is it specifically about DPRK’s socialist systems and economy?
Not exclusively, no. Are you asking for a work specifically on the DPRK alone? Prolewiki’s article on the DPRK has 73 sources and lists them all out.
Thanks that’s going to take me a little bit of time to get through.
I’m interested in their takes on the famine and leadership structure.