Do you mean that housing should be provided by the government? By the tax payers? And what about maintenance? Is that also provided by the taxpayers? So they would pay people to come fix up the house you live in for free? I guess I’m just not quite sure how you think it all works.

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Yes definition of good and bad is the problem, since it is actually pretty hard to define, at least in a practical way that could be used for the purpose of being a sort of currency. And yes there wouldn’t be a caste or class system ideally, but as long as people are motivated to gain privilege, then a system will inevitably evolve. So until people fundamentally change to no longer desire more privilege, then that’s what we will be left with. I can’t see that ever happening, since we are motivated at a primary level by animal instincts for survival and reproduction, which have inherent competitive aspects.

I did not know about songbun by that name, only that some kind of class system must exist, since there are very obviously some North Koreans who have more privilege than others. Whatever it’s called, in North Korea there are those who have privilege and those who don’t, which sounds just like every other system of government that has ever existed. And so the real question is not about who specifically has privilege or what the classes are called, but rather how is that privilege gained, and how do you move between classes. It sounds like in North Korea it’s mostly about how obedient you are to the supreme leader or to the party. In the United States it’s almost entirely about money. The currency of privilege in North Korea is fealty to the Supreme leader, while ours is the dollar. It’s got a lot of problems, but what is a better currency of privilege? I haven’t really thought about it, I’m kind of just thinking this through right now, but there is probably a better currency of privilege than the dollar.

In an ideal world, we wouldn’t be motivated to gain privilege and instead we would be motivated to make the world a better place, or some vague ideal like that. The currency of privilege should be “goodness dollars”, which is gained according to how much good you do in the world. But how do you define “goodness”? Who hands out the goodness dollars? How do you keep the system from becoming corrupt? Not sure, but it’s interesting to think about.

No I mean what are the classes in North Korea and how do you move between them. Because Kim Jong Un is not the same class as the average person, so what is he? And who are the elites? Party members?

What are the different social classes, what are the different privileges for each of them, and how do you move between them?

North Korea calling itself a democracy is laughable. They literally have an autocratic ruling family with such rigid control over the populace, the media, military, and every other branch of government that dissent doesn’t exist. Having and hearing about dissent is inherent in a healthy democracy. If there is no dissent, no discussion, then you don’t have democracy.

1,128 total asylum applications is such a small number its hard to read into it very much. That said, with Russia being the largest source of accepted asylum seekers from the United States, I somehow doubt it’s for religious or gender identity reasons, but rather likely political. Also, presenting Satanism as somehow being persecuted seems like a bit of a stretch. It’s like the Westboro Baptist Church abusing laws to antagonize or prove a point, and then complaining when people don’t like them. Satanism exists in a similar space, in opposition and antagonizing Christianity. Claiming persecution to the point where you are in danger and therefore a legitimate asylum seeker smells a lot like a persecution complex or abusing a mechanism to try to prove a point, which is pretty much on brand for the Satanic Temple.

Are you serious? Do you have any specifics about this persecution? I feel like this post is an absolute mockery of real refugees.

This is a complete non story.

Yeah that’s an interesting development. I have more questions now than I did before.

You haven’t been watching very closely then. There has never been a moral high ground.

Dude, who are the ones actually shooting at people? You so worried about what might happen that you can’t see what’s going on right in front of you.

Dang dude, I was fine until you said that

What do you think it would it look like if it did?