JasonJ
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My wife brought home a dvd made by the BBC called "State Of Mind". It was a documentary of these little girls who were training for the Mass Games. These Mass Games are all kinds of gymnastics and demonstrations that are done for Kim Jong IL several times a year. There are thousands and thousands of people involved in this, and it is impressive to see, but this wasn't really what was important about the film.
The core purpose of the film was to show the communist life that is lived in North Korea. The crew was given free reign to film whatever they wanted. It was an eyeopener for me, and I thought I knew a good amount about N Korea having served a year south of their border.
They only have one tv channel which only shows what the government wants them to see, and they are allotted the tv by the government. There is a radio in every kitchen of every house in Pyongyang City that plays government propaganda. It can be turned down, but it cannot be turned off. They are allotted one chicken a month, and 5 pounds of rice. They do have jobs and buy other food, but pretty much everything is provided by the government. There are very few cars. You see the streets and it looks like the world ended. There is no religion, no holidays, nothing. The only holiday they have is the deceased Kim il Songs birthday.
If you don't mind subtitles for 92 minutes, this movie is probably the best thing about North Korea I have ever seen. In a nutshell, that country lives like a giant cult. Every function, everything that goes on is for Kim Jong il. Terms like "collective mind" and such are used. It took me about thirteen minutes of watching the movie to compare that country to the Borg on Star Trek.
Anyone who thinks socialism is a good thing needs to watch this movie and see just how well it works. Scary Shyte.....
The core purpose of the film was to show the communist life that is lived in North Korea. The crew was given free reign to film whatever they wanted. It was an eyeopener for me, and I thought I knew a good amount about N Korea having served a year south of their border.
They only have one tv channel which only shows what the government wants them to see, and they are allotted the tv by the government. There is a radio in every kitchen of every house in Pyongyang City that plays government propaganda. It can be turned down, but it cannot be turned off. They are allotted one chicken a month, and 5 pounds of rice. They do have jobs and buy other food, but pretty much everything is provided by the government. There are very few cars. You see the streets and it looks like the world ended. There is no religion, no holidays, nothing. The only holiday they have is the deceased Kim il Songs birthday.
If you don't mind subtitles for 92 minutes, this movie is probably the best thing about North Korea I have ever seen. In a nutshell, that country lives like a giant cult. Every function, everything that goes on is for Kim Jong il. Terms like "collective mind" and such are used. It took me about thirteen minutes of watching the movie to compare that country to the Borg on Star Trek.
Anyone who thinks socialism is a good thing needs to watch this movie and see just how well it works. Scary Shyte.....
