Re: [Marxism] The DPRK (north Korea) ends truce with ROK (south) over southern threats to shipping

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

DWalters: "That N. Korea...that is the ONE leader of the country decided to 
develop nuclear weapons as *opposed* it's own economy, is a crime, IMHO."

Actually, unless the DPRK is spending hard currency to import components of 
those weapons from other countries (which I don't believe is the case), then a 
nuclear weapons program is *part* of the economy - workers employed, workers 
being paid, etc. And indeed, according to the Western press, North Korea is 
actually *exporting* that technology to other countries; if so, it would be 
even more of a positive part of the economy.

Is there any evidence that, say, the DPRK could grow more food if every person 
involved in the nuclear weapons development were sent to work on farms? I doubt 
it. Is there any evidence that whatever human capital they have invested in the 
nuclear weapons program could have been "invested" elsewhere and produced more 
shoes? I doubt it.


Eli Stephens
 Left I on the News
 http://lefti.blogspot.com


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