North Korea "declares war"

[grue]

ok but every single westerner that's been to the dprk reports the same thing. the human rights violations are rampant, the control is absolute. and all of these things a) they do occur in western nations, but not nearly at that level and b) are a value in and of themselves, they don't become suddenly "ok" just because america is still the imperial warlord that it is.

I think it's important to try and sort through the bullshit when talking about north korea. but there's really no indication that the place is anything but hell on earth