Posted on 08/17/2018 1:14:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
North Korean authorities are calling for strengthened vigilance against “non-socialist” behavior in advance of a major national holiday, with ruling party youth groups deployed across the country to warn or detain citizens found wearing condemned fashions or hairstyles, North Korean sources say.
The campaign follows earlier efforts aimed at suppressing lifestyles found not to conform with socialist ideals, a source in North Hamgyong province, bordering China, told RFA’s Korean Service.
“Inspection units are being dispatched to public areas,” RFA’s source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“There have been crackdowns on non-socialist behaviors in the past, but since these hadn’t seemed to help the situation, they are now strengthening the crackdown to put an end to them,” the source said.
“With the approach of the 70th anniversary on Sept. 9 of the founding of the North Korean regime, the Central Committee has given special instructions to root out non-socialist phenomena, such as fashion choices and hairstyles that do not fit the socialist lifestyle,” the source said.
The instructions were given during meetings held at work units and factories, the source said, adding that authorities had described non-socialist behaviors in lectures as “maneuvers” carried out by persons actively opposed to North Korea’s political system.
“These behaviors are now to be handled ‘strictly,’ they said, so residents of the country are definitely feeling uneasy.”
“Because non-socialist behaviors can be observed especially among the young, members of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League have been assigned from each province, county, and city to lead the crackdown,” he said.
“Punishments have become much stricter,” he added.
Also speaking to RFA, a source in Yanggang province, also bordering China, said that for the Sept. 9 anniversary of the Founding of the Republic, “many foreigners are expected to visit major cities, including the capital Pyongyang.”
“Therefore, enforcers are active on the streets and in public areas every day to stop ‘unenlightened’ people from displaying behaviors that might disgrace the country.”
“These events are nothing new, so people are wondering why the authorities are bothering them so much now, and some are expressing negative feelings toward the holiday because they resent the government’s control,” he said.
The Dims’goal. Control every aspect of our lives so we can all be good little socialists
I think it’s already in the neighborhood.
I don't think I would make such a broad claim.
But if the neighborhood were in California,
you might have point.
Coming soon to your neighborhood.
already here. Where have you been since the 1920’s?
Does your town have “zoning”? If so, you are already living in a socialist state
Think about it.
Lizzy Warren would feel right at home in North Korea.
Zoning has nothing to do with Socialism.
You’re right.
Zoning has it’s good points. I would’nt want to live next door to a strip club or a pool hall.
But Kim's attire and hairstyle are not condemned. Think about how messed up that is.
Damn that sounds like control freak paradise.
So wish we could have that here!
Take these folks off the list. They are liars and acting in bad faith. We need the political illusion that we are still talking until the day after the mid terms and then we must protect our population.
Zoning has nothing to do with Socialism.
Actually it is socialism.
Think about
Zoning takes away the rights from the property owner and gives it to the state.
Centralized planning
You just had your Ocasio-Cortez moment on here
Then don’t move next door to one
So if your next door neighbor wants to turn his house into an all-night strip-club with its loud music and unsavory characters, you’re OK with that? Not me.
This is why I’m not a libertarian.
That has nothing to do with zoning
My neighborhood only permits private homes and no commercial property. I don’t know what the exact term is but it sounds like zoning to me.
Your neighbor will still need:
Fire Inspection, Fire alarm system/suppression system
Liquor License
Health Inspection
Building Inspection
How can a private home even meet the code for a night club?
He could never get any of those, so his club would never open.
Zoning is just another piece of paper thrown into the stack
Zoning just prevents you from building your shed 2 feet too close to the neighboring property line. Big deal. Or you can’t rent a room out. Or park more then one unregistered car on your property. Or shoot a firearm. Or sell stuff out of your garage. Or use your house to pray in with your friends.
As Towns emerged, the same thing was done for the same purpose. No one had a problem with it.
Socialist fashion police. On kjutv tonight, “Socialist eye for the socialist guy.”
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