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Wanna Do Business in Pyongyang? Call Alejandro Cao de Benós

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Re: Wanna Do Business in Pyongyang? Call Alejandro Cao de Benós

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Post by virgilp »

therealissues wrote: post #28
virgilp wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We know it's a shady country You think it is - in reality, it's not really so shady. He probably picked the name not because it's true but because it's believable.

Nope, it is. I am from there and can certainly tell you that it's true. Nice job trying to cover it up though. Virgil! It is full of bullshitters, thieves, and good people who are misled by their government which plays on their hopes and fucks them up the ass while they protest their hearts away every year. Then again I could substitute any other country name and the sentence would still make sense wouldn't it? Defin…

> It is full of bullshitters, thieves, and good people who are misled by their government which plays on their hopes and fucks them up the ass while they protest their hearts away every year

I'm not entirely sure what country you're talking about here. Is it Romania? United States? Maybe United Kingdom?

Re: Wanna Do Business in Pyongyang? Call Alejandro Cao de Benós

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Post by starik36 »

q92z8oeif wrote: post #29
therealissues wrote: post #9

"Lately, Cao de Benós says he’s fostered agreements with European companies to use cheap, skilled labor on technology projects. “We develop a lot of apps for Android and iOS, and very cheap,” he says. “And we are very strong in animation. We export a lot for all kinds of modern cartoons.” He cites an example, but obliquely: “Let’s say you’re making a cartoon, and you are outsourcing the work. So you go to Romania, be…

> cartoons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSU1IJk70i4

I didn't even have to click on the link. I knew exactly what you were referring to.

Re: Wanna Do Business in Pyongyang? Call Alejandro Cao de Benós

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Post by dang »

therealissues wrote: post #28
virgilp wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We know it's a shady country You think it is - in reality, it's not really so shady. He probably picked the name not because it's true but because it's believable.

Nope, it is. I am from there and can certainly tell you that it's true. Nice job trying to cover it up though. Virgil! It is full of bullshitters, thieves, and good people who are misled by their government which plays on their hopes and fucks them up the ass while they protest their hearts away every year. Then again I could substitute any other country name and the sentence would still make sense wouldn't it? Defin…

> Nice job trying to cover it up though. Virgil!

Yikes, can you please edit out personal swipes from your comments to HN, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are? We're here for curious conversation. It's also best to avoid denunciatory rhetoric, not because things don't deserve denouncing, but because it degrades internet discussion quality badly.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.

Re: Wanna Do Business in Pyongyang? Call Alejandro Cao de Benós

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Post by nexuist »

therealissues wrote: post #9

"Lately, Cao de Benós says he’s fostered agreements with European companies to use cheap, skilled labor on technology projects. “We develop a lot of apps for Android and iOS, and very cheap,” he says. “And we are very strong in animation. We export a lot for all kinds of modern cartoons.” He cites an example, but obliquely: “Let’s say you’re making a cartoon, and you are outsourcing the work. So you go to Romania, be…

There is rich irony in exploiting a country that rejects global capitalism while believing that "the shadow hands of globally sanctioned socialist labor" is socialist at all.

Re: Wanna Do Business in Pyongyang? Call Alejandro Cao de Benós

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Post by cbg0 »

therealissues wrote: post #28
virgilp wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We know it's a shady country You think it is - in reality, it's not really so shady. He probably picked the name not because it's true but because it's believable.

Nope, it is. I am from there and can certainly tell you that it's true. Nice job trying to cover it up though. Virgil! It is full of bullshitters, thieves, and good people who are misled by their government which plays on their hopes and fucks them up the ass while they protest their hearts away every year. Then again I could substitute any other country name and the sentence would still make sense wouldn't it? Defin…

> Nope, it is. I am from there and can certainly tell you that it's true.

You must live in one heck of a bubble, I'm a Romanian and definitely wouldn't describe it as "shady".

While you clearly have some issues with the way certain things are going inside the country, the generalizations you're making are definitely exaggerated.

Re: Wanna Do Business in Pyongyang? Call Alejandro Cao de Benós

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Post by q92z8oeif »

starik36 wrote: post #32
q92z8oeif wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> cartoons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSU1IJk70i4

I didn't even have to click on the link. I knew exactly what you were referring to.

which proves that the problem with the world is not awareness to the problems. :(

Re: Wanna Do Business in Pyongyang? Call Alejandro Cao de Benós

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Post by tdeck »

For more about this guy I highly recommend watching the documentary Friends of Kim in which he plays a starring role. You can even find it on YouTube. TL;DR he and a bunch of "friends of the DPRK" went to NK to participate in a parade and shout "Yankee Go Home" but then he started acting suspicious and turned on other members of the group.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C76HqPaA6kw

Re: Wanna Do Business in Pyongyang? Call Alejandro Cao de Benós

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Post by Ididntdothis »

tptacek wrote: post #30
anonu wrote: post #26

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> people who deny the obvious facts Not a DPRK apologist. But I wouldn't really say "obvious" with respect to anything coming out of there... Just two weeks ago rumors ran rampant that the leader was dead... We just have no clue.

We have firsthand accounts of the abuse of North Korean citizens.

And pictures.
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