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If you get a divorce in North Korea, you and your spouse will be sent to a labor camp for one to six months to atone for your “crimes,” residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.

Divorce is considered an anti-socialist act, and is generally frowned upon in Korea.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"Divorce is considered an anti-socialist act"

I don't even understand what this means.

I feel like it's like saying "eating pineapple pizza is generally an anti-banking act."

...what?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think the logic is that a low birth rate is bad for the state. To harm the state makes one an anti-socialist.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does divorce by itself even lower the birthrate though? Intuitively, one might suspect that a couple that were no longer interested in eachother probably isn't having many children, compared to if those people were to pair off again with new partners?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, I feel like promoting healthcare for pregnant people and children, giving incentives to having kids and pushing out propaganda pertaining to sex without condoms feeling better and pregnant women being sexy is all the rage while using movies, tv, and music to push promiscuity would help birth rates.

"Had a hard day... Take it out on a hard cock." Haha things I never thought I'd type in my life for 200 Alex

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

The cannon fodder isn't going to make itself

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Now that they found a business selling mercenaries they need to increase the birth rate

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm a firm-believer that if people do not want to understand something, then they won't.

It doesn't take much thought to realize they're referring to the unity of the nation. Divorces cause problems. They show not everything is hunky-dory. The regime doesn't want that.

[–] SreudianFlip 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Divorces solve problems. That's what they are for. What they cause is a glitch in the mirage, you think? Probably, but it might be something more idiotic even.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

North Korea is all about appearances, actual solutions aren't important

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Well since we're sharing firm beliefs, I firmly believe if your intent is to inform someone then insulting the person you're supposedly informing is the worst way to go about it. People just get defensive and will attempt to reject information more readily when that is done.