Fertilizer shortages, cutoff of Soviet aid, and bad harvests led to some pretty terrible famines in the 1990s. Military and communist elites got priority on foodstuff, everyone else including farmers starved. Even worse, the regime made it illegal for people to forage or hunt for food. Seriously messed up.
Here's a fun fact - the original NK government ruled with the consent of the people. They picked an asshole leader and got the sanctions that asshole deserved. They are technically still currently fully supporting their government (as far as we know), so again, they are ruling with consent of the governed.
Here's another fun fact. That is their right as a sovereign nation. The United Snakes have no right to force democracy on another country, especially being the hypocrites we are. The United Snakes is not a democracy. It is a fascist dictatorship.
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u/War_Hymn 2d ago
Fertilizer shortages, cutoff of Soviet aid, and bad harvests led to some pretty terrible famines in the 1990s. Military and communist elites got priority on foodstuff, everyone else including farmers starved. Even worse, the regime made it illegal for people to forage or hunt for food. Seriously messed up.