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An official atlas of North Korea

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228 points speckx | 6 comments | 17 Nov 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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monooso ◴[17 Nov 25 18:37 UTC] No.45956494[source]▶
> According to the prevailing narrative in North Korea, the war was won by the communists and since then, the entire Korean peninsula has remained united under the rule of the Korean Workers’ Party.

(Emphasis mine)

TIL. Now I'm really curious how maintaining this fiction works (or doesn't) in practice.

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1. yostrovs ◴[17 Nov 25 18:47 UTC] No.45956611[source]▶
The book 1984 demonstrates how logical inconsistencies can exist and be believed in when you don't have much choice.
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2. s0sa ◴[17 Nov 25 18:56 UTC] No.45956723[source]▶
And can in fact be a useful test of loyalty.
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3. red-iron-pine ◴[17 Nov 25 19:13 UTC] No.45956939[source]▶
said loyalty tests become a purity spiral, e.g. who can clap the loudest or cry the most for Dear Leader

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purity_spiral

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4. cedilla ◴[17 Nov 25 19:19 UTC] No.45957030[source]▶
It's a book, not a demonstration.

In any case, North Koreans are not taught that South Korea is just like any other part of North Korea. The idea that the North Korean people and leadership are all buffoons who make the weirdest of lies possible is already Orwellian enough.

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5. FridayoLeary ◴[17 Nov 25 21:10 UTC] No.45958334[source]▶
Well they do don't they? I read a couple of books about life in the soviet union. 1984 is satire, but it's not so far off from what reality was.
6. IAmBroom ◴[18 Nov 25 15:24 UTC] No.45967463{3}[source]▶
By Vectron's claw!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icTrzUuWlHI