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Am I crazy for thinking both Koreas are puppet states that oppress their people?
Who, in your estimation, is the government of the north a puppet of?
China?
I consider myself pretty skeptical of American media, so if I'm wrong I welcome correction. But I assumed this wasn't really disputed even among leftists.
I mean you're right that it's not disputed among leftists, but that's because it's generally not contended among leftists. The US maintains a military occupation and economic domination of the south, while the same is not true of China and the north. This seems like another one of those "whatever bad thing we're doing, China must be doing worse because they're the bad guys" pieces of folk wisdom that can't be substantiated. Which I'm not laying at your feet, to be clear, because I used to be a "communism no iphone 100 morbillion dead" person and I know how pervasive these cliches are.