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100% right. People in EE still lived much better life than those in North Korea.
That's very debatable, friend of my grandfather for example was killed for telling 'anti-communist jokes' by feeding him alive to the pigs back in the day in Bulgaria (so "romania"). Though this had happened in the worst years of Stalinism (50s), there was common expression that someone is going to 'the pigs' if they're anti-communist.
Even so you'd end up in a camp for being anti-government or even going to church was to be reported. North Korea definitly resembles one of the periods be it 45-55 or late 80s in eastern europe.
That's very debatable, friend of my grandfather for example was killed for telling 'anti-communist jokes' by feeding him alive to the pigs back in the day in Bulgaria (so "romania"). Though this had happened in the worst years of Stalinism (50s), there was common expression that someone is going to 'the pigs' if they're anti-communist.
Even so you'd end up in a camp for being anti-government or even going to church was to be reported. North Korea definitly resembles one of the periods be it 45-55 or late 80s in eastern europe.
Things happened to individuals, but generally, people had better life, especially after Stalin died. But I disagree with the late 80's, or at least not in Poland and most likely not in Hungary. Those two countries were always rebellious against the communistic regime.
That's very debatable, friend of my grandfather for example was killed for telling 'anti-communist jokes' by feeding him alive to the pigs back in the day in Bulgaria (so "romania"). Though this had happened in the worst years of Stalinism (50s), there was common expression that someone is going to 'the pigs' if they're anti-communist.
Even so you'd end up in a camp for being anti-government or even going to church was to be reported. North Korea definitly resembles one of the periods be it 45-55 or late 80s in eastern europe.
Yes, bad things were done during that era in East Europe, there is no doubt about it but in my opinion the difference is that stalinism in Eastern europe lasted about ten years- so it was a part of the whole 'communist' era but in N. Korea there is a constant, permanent stalinism (and even worse one than it was in East Europe).
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