Re: [Marxism] What do Koreans think

[Sam B <sam.b.ann.arbor@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Nestor Gorojovsky <nmgoro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Excuse me, Sam, are you hinting that the DRPK is starving the population
> on purpose

I am agnostic on this question.

> just because Stalinist leaders are evil?

"Evil" is a moral category, not a politically meaningful category.

> This is a honest
> question. Can´t understand your posting, as an answer to mine, in any
> different way.

And here's my honest answer.

The key paragraph was the following:

"Despite the food shortages reaching critical levels, the government
has failed to seek international cooperation and assistance needed to
ensure minimum essential levels of food for the whole population. Due
to strained relations, North Korea in March 2009 refused to accept any
further food aid from the USA. The government also told five US
humanitarian aid organisations to leave North Korea by the end of
March 2009. Similarly in 2008, North Korea did not request assistance
from South Korea, the biggest donor of rice and fertilizer in previous
years."

Refusing food aid even when citizens are starving to death, suggests
that the régime is oblivious to the well-being of its own citizens. It
is my belief that socialists should not provide an iota of support to
this régime. Or in other words, in a conflict between imperialism and
this "rotten régime", socialists must say: "We have no dog in this
fight."

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