u/PyongyangColdNoodles

My family and friends like comparing him to Hitler and just straight up jumping me and getting outraged when I defend him even a little bit… help me please

Comrades,

Today, July 27th, marks the 73rd anniversary of the historic victory of the Korean people in the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War. On this day in 1953, the young Democratic People's Republic of Korea accomplished what many in the world deemed impossible: shattering the myth of "invincibility" surrounding U.S. imperialism and its allied satellite forces.

7.27 does not, as many Westerners and liberals think, celebrate a mere ceasefire; it is a second Liberation Day and a monumental triumph of revolutionary military science. The victory was achieved through the unparalleled leadership of the President; the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung’s Juche-oriented military strategies, brilliant tactics, and iron will guided an army and citizenry that had only been independent for two years to defeat the largest imperialist coalition in history, later the Songun politics of the Chairman; the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il firmly carried forward this victory through his immortal Songun (military-first) politics, an improved idea that came from the President's lines, by prioritizing the Korean People's Army, he defended the socialist gains of July 27th against constant imperialist encirclement, transforming the DPRK into an unassailable nuclear state and ensuring the war generation's sacrifices were never compromised, mass heroism and single-minded unity; the soldiers of the Korean People's Army and the wartime workers displayed an invincible spirit, firmly rallied around the Party, proving that an ideologically conscious people defending their socialist motherland cannot be defeated by any amount of imperialist technical superiority, and a continuous revolutionary legacy; today, under the guidance of the Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, the DPRK continues to uphold the legacy of the wartime generation. The sacred mission remains unchanged: defending our socialist system with blood and steel, and advancing toward a rich country with an unbreakably strong army.

Let us look back at the heroic generation of victors with the utmost respect. Their revolutionary spirit serves as an infinite source of strength as the DPRK stands firm in the modern anti-imperialist, anti-US showdown.

Glory to the eternal heroes of July 27th! Long live the great Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism! 🇰🇵

Happy Victory Day, Comrades, have a ball!

EDIT: thank you all so much for answering, ive found my way. i respect these claims of the DPRK and internalise them by viewing them as ideological metaphors. like a religious person or a political philosopher i will understand it symbolically/allegorically, because it stands for a bigger moral lesson. the ultimate symbol of the pure, unwavering, and independent character of the country.

And if the whole single-handed-liberation-from-the-secret-camp story (also the fact that the General was born in the camp) is not true, we as DPRK-supporters cannot completely adhere to the line and historic line of the WPK and the Government of the DPRK, then what's the purpose? This really breaks my brain, because I wanna support the DPRK fully, but that's hard when having the idea it spreads misinformation as the only truth. And don't go all whataboutist on me, because people: THOSE ARE NOT VALID ARGUMENTS! I KNOW THE WEST FKING SUCKS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE THE DPRK BETTER ON THE SAME SUBJECT!

NOTE: I ADVISE YOU PICK ONE SUBJECT AND ELABORATE, (CAUSE IT'S REALLY A LOT OF QUESTIONS) NOT MULTIPLE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO, I WOULD LOVE THAT. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, THIS'LL PROBABLY HELP ME THROW AWAY EVERY SINGLE DOUBT I HAVE AND MAKE ME ABLE TO FULLY EMBRACE KIMILSUNGISM-KIMJONGILISM AND THE DPRK!

1. Iran and the Islamic state. (i feel like theyve done bad things but also have protected their country from Western imperialism, right, and the DPRK has had good relations with them, which makes me feel like I should support that)

2. Ba'athist Syria, and President al-Assad. (i don't know what to think of him, hes often kind of glorified online but mostly it seems like enthusiastic larpers, was he as bad as the west says? and what makes him good if not bad?)

3. The Russian military operation in Ukraine. (now i find this very very tough, i dont oppose the Korean military presence in Kursk 'cause they have the good treatied friendship with Russia, and i am appalled at the ukrainian attacks on the Luhansk PR and the Donetsk PR, which are called military operations in my country, but if you call russia's operation an operation you're an inhumane war-lover. so, i kind of wanna support the operation, but people keep saying to me young korean men were sent to kursk without them even knowing they were going to war. Now i've put that in bold because i don't know anything about that being, and if its true, isnt that really bad? also, i know putin is generally viewed as a capitalist but a capitalist who does better than most in this community (right??), but i feel like he has done kind of a good job as president. often said when people defend him here is how he has been president for 22 years, and people who are in power for a very long time are immediately viewed as bad here. help me, im really lost on this issue)

4. Hezbollah. (just fundamentally viewed as a terrible, terrorist organization here, thats the most normal stance. i just kind of dont knwo what to think, while i do know they operate schools, hospitals and clinics and are a strong anti-occupation resistance, and i think thats great, but they still seem to have done bad stuff, or at least, so they say here.)

5. Hamas. (kind of the same thing I wrote above... though im closer to supporting them.)

6. 'Terrorist acts' committed by the DPRK. (this one's a toughie: i absolutely love the DPRK and want to fully support it, and I do in many ways already, it is so strong and resistant, an example for other countries, and how socialism/communism can go well. BUT. There are stories of terrorist attacks by the DPRK, the Korean Air Flight 858 Bombing, for instance, and the Rangoon Bombing of '83, two airplane hijackings in 1969 and one in 1970, respectively Korean Air an Japan Airlines. and also the assassination of Kim Jong Nam. also kind of unrelated but otto warmbier, what the deal with him? i just don't get it, there is literally no way hear anything else here than THE DPRK IS A BIG DRUG DEALING TERRORIST ORGANIZATION which brings me to the next point...

7. Drugs and weapons trade. (i can see weapon trade, seems quite alright to sell those to fellow anti-Imperialist countries, though still... ah, the drugs are more serious: does the DPRK actually mega trade drugs and have slave-like embassy workers and normal workers in foreign countries that channel in money? according to my counttry they have discovered Korean workers working in poland and my own country under terrible conditions, is this true?)

8. Comrade Stalin (viewed as a horrible and inhuman leader on the same level of Hitler, which seems idiotic. i always thought he did pretty great things, but those are never ever mentioned in our history classes. stalin didn't do all those terriblle things, right? he liberated the biggest part of europe and repelled the nazis, for the love of lenin!)

9. Gaddafi (just don't really know... i know there were ties between his Libya and the DPRK, and I thought he was doing great. not according to like everyone I know. he was good, wasn't he?)

10. China (couple of issues: the Uyghurs, Tibet and Taiwan. I feel like the last two just belong with China, right? inseperable, theyve belonged to china always! western powers ripped them apart... how to support china through the horrible accusations about the Uyghurs too? and the fact that there is clearly a form of capitalism but china is called a great socialist state?)

11. Tiananmen, 1989 (i just really, really don't know)

12. Chairman Mao (same story as with Stalin I wrote above)

He just says I can't think anything positive about a country and government that has sent young men to Ukraine, not even knowing where they were going, and he seems particularly sure of the part where men were sent without their knowing they were gonna go to war, and the 'concentration camps', he keeps repeating this thing he read somewhere, something like how babies are born in the camps and how people are horribly treated, and all sorts of stuff like this... Help me, I don't know how to answer this, so I usually just trail off or silently walk away so i don't have to denounce the DPRK. He sees the US has done very evil things, but views the DPRK as way more evil, and he keeps repeating the weapon trade and stuff... Also he keeps bringing up Amnesty and the UN and their rapports, and how they are renowned organisations who don't lie and check everything they rapport, so all their rapports on human rights violations in the DPRK he views as completely true, and I was raised and am expected to view those as completely truthful too... I'm having a hard time denouncing these rapports and such... Also he keeps bringing up Remco Breuker, 'DPRK expert' who according to him would not ever write everything he didn't thoroughly research, and he writes horrible things about the DPRK, including human trafficking and the DPRK supporting the Tamil Tigers and Hezbollah (I don't know what to think of these organisations either, in our house and mostly my country they're viewed as extremely evil). He also keeps bringing up Jang Song Taek, Kim Jong Nam, the Rangoon Bombing, the Korean Air Flight 858 and other things... I am at my wit's end, please help me. I know this is a lot but I need help, i'm drowning in Western opinions and news here, it's the only thing I see and hear all day. It's so hard to find out the truth here

Please help, I live in a home with four people who constantly keep telling me 'how the fuck can you defend this? last year 18 people were killed, of which 9 were children! and 75 were injured!' I don't know how to defend it further when they say that stuff

It says somewhere on the website you can apply for a membership, but it does not really state how, except filling in a form, but then not what to do with it. I would very much like to become a member, but I don't know how... Help please!

Explain any other 'controversial' world leader you want to explain I need a certain perspective on (Tito'd be amazing to know too, or Sankara, Lenin, Hoxha, Uncle Ho, Chávez, Maduro, Ceausescu, Gorbachev, Honecker, the Castros, Jiang, Deng, Hu, Xi... etc etc etc)