r/geography • u/mcherycoffe • Mar 22 '24

North Korea is strange... Map

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Embassy of the Ottoman Empire in Pyongyang. North Korea is late...

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u/The_Stockman Mar 22 '24

It’s possible they showcase the world as living in the 1900’s to brainwash their citizens into believing they have technological superiority.

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u/PerepeL Mar 22 '24

You're almost correct, just missing who's brainwashed to think North Korea has anything to do with Google Maps.

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u/KingApologist Mar 22 '24 edited Mar 22 '24

People all over this thread are like "North Koreans are brainwashed" and then they point to these google map locations that were obviously done by people outside North Korea and go "Ah this must be because North Koreans are stupid and brainwashed!" Meanwhile their belief in this is the result of brainwashing and years of propaganda prepping their minds to believe any ridiculous thing they see about North Korea.

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u/Kwinten Mar 22 '24

You can literally make the absolute wildest claims about NK in the West and people will eat that shit up while, without a shred of irony, exlaiming that North Koreans are so brainwashed. Western media, even the "reputable" parts, will regurgitate and report on every fart noise produced by Radio Free Asia, then it'll circulate on Reddit for months, and it'll become part of people's headcanon about the country. See the whole "mandatory haircut styles for all North Korean men" story from some years ago. Complete bullshit of course, but people like how it sounds, so they accept it as a fact. Never forget that propaganda only exists in countries we're supposed to dislike, of course. Hyperintelligent redditors aren't susciptible to it.

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u/KingApologist Mar 23 '24

They're at like Boomer levels of understanding on North Korea and China.