Posted by Dave_AR (other posts) on February 11, 2014 at 19:44:51 Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: Hair and Ideology posted by Long Hair In Albany on February 11, 2014 at 16:40:15:
What I tried to point out is the following.
You said " North Korea can not even afford to feed its people but they spend good money on the military".
Well, the US CAN afford to provide their people with the basic needs - such as health and education- but instead, the US government prefers to spend all that money on the military.
So, who's the "evil" here? The one who CANT afford to feed their people and spend good money on the military OR the one who CAN afford to provide their people with the basic needs to have a good standard of living but PREFERS to spend that money on the military?
I dont see any difference between one and the other one.
I am not trying to compare the US government vs the North Korean government. I am just pointing that out.
On the other hand, you define the north korean government as a totalitarian government. That is truth. I agree. The North Korean government kills their own people.
But wait.. isn't that something that the American government does too?
As far as I know the death penalty is still in practice in the USA. Not only in the USA, but also in countries such as:
-Afghanistan
-Cuba
-North Korea
-South Korea
-Iran
-Iraq
-Pakistan
-Syria
-Vietnam
You understand how serious that is? The funny thing is that the USA battled against many of those countries , when actually the US and those countries have a lot in common too.
(Hey, I understand that capital punishment is only in use in a few states of the USA, not in the entire country but to me is serious that the "Land of the Free" still allows executions in some parts of its own territory ).