this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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A Boring Dystopia

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

Sounds like he’s trying to recreate North Korea.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure North Korea has equivalents to those ministries. Somalia is probably a closer approximation of where this is going.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Despite all its failings, North Korea has quite a high literacy rate. People be getting educated.

90% of the curriculum is probably Juche slogans, but hey, they’re getting educated. /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They also don’t pay any taxes and get guaranteed jobs and free housing. Not all bad, considering how things are turning out for us out here…