{"id":5038,"date":"2011-12-22T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T05:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=5038"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:15:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:15:52","slug":"north-korea-in-1000-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/12\/north-korea-in-1000-words.html","title":{"rendered":"North Korea in 1000 Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Satellite photograph of the two Korea\u2019s at night. On the plus side, I guess, the carbon footprint of North Korea is very low, yes? Or \u201cblack out\u201d curtains and strict adherence to \u201cwar-time\u201d black-out conditions are mandatory. What are the odds that their new ruling god will unleash his peoples\u2019 creativity and bring them out of the \u201cdark ages?\u201d<\/p>\n

And a serious question for all the distributists out there. Are utilities considered \u201cbig businesses,\u201d as they are in the Western market economy? How are these infrastructure businesses considered under \u201cthe third way?\u201d<\/p>\n

And for some perspective, here\u2019s the rest of that side of the world.<\/p>\n

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Is North Korea the land that time forgot? Or is it already a distributist\u2019s paradise? Writing an article entitled Nine Underground Economies and Greece<\/em>, Justin Rohrlich notes this about North Korea,<\/p>\n

The North Korean government has reportedly earned itself hard currency over the years by engaging in drug dealing, weapons manufacturing, and top-drawer counterfeiting. But the proletariat makes ends meet in decidedly more pedestrian ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cA North Korean family needs 90,000-100,000 North Korean won for living costs per month, but workers at state-run factories or enterprises earn a mere 2,000-8,000 won,\u201d one South Korean official told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper this fall. \u201cSo North Koreans have no choice but to become market traders, cottage industrialists or transport entrepreneurs to make up for shortages.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the ration system in tatters, North Korean citizens survive by moonlighting from their state duties as private tutors, carpenters, and taxi drivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrdinary North Koreans have become so dependent on the private economy that they get 80-90% of daily necessities and 60-70% of food from the markets,\u201d the official said.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmmm. It\u2019s always interesting to know what the \u201cblack markets\u201d are up to.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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