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> torture

waterboarding, etc

> mass executions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War#Iraq...

drone strikes, etc.

> widespread starvation

http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-facts/chi...

People aren't dying here, so it's not the same, but 16.7 million children lived in food insecure households in 2011... not to mention that _we_ have a lot to do with DPRK starvation and famine.

> labor camps

Private prisons, Guantanamo Bay, etc.

I actually found this quote from the article to be quite good:

> It’s simplistic to dismiss North Koreans as brainwashed masses; in fact, we have more in common than we think.



Be careful. When you stretch that far you can injure your back.




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