How is it asinine to compare what is happening in North Korea to what is happeni...

jhamburger · on May 12, 2011

Which would you rather be? Is it a close decision?

sedachv · on May 12, 2011

If I was a black male in the United States, I would have a 1 in 10 chance of being in prison at this moment. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_Sta...)

Amnesty International estimates there's around 200,000 "political prisoners" in North Korea, out of a population of 25 million.

I think I'd rather be in North Korea.

abrown28 · on May 12, 2011

I will literally buy you a ticket to move there if you really want to. I'm not even joking in the least bit. I do feel a twinge of guilt at the thought of your "reeducation" in NK but I'm still willing to help you find out on your own.

earlyresort · on May 12, 2011

Both the conditions of incarceration and conditions of not-incarceration are dramatically better in the United States.

That so many people in this thread are trying to suggest that the United States is somehow worse than North Korea or that people from the United States can't criticize North Korea saddens me. The United States' prison system has obvious problems. All of North Korea is a totalitarian hellhole.

jhamburger · on May 12, 2011

I think I'd take a 10% chance of being in prison over a 100% chance of being a NK citizen.

rick888 · on May 12, 2011

"I would have a 1 in 10 chance of being in prison at this moment. "

Due to their own culture. At least they have a choice. They aren't forced to rob, steal, and kill their way through life.

etherael · on May 13, 2011

By the way, it's actually only 4.7%, not 10%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_Sta...

elliottcarlson · on May 12, 2011

The remaining populous of North Korea that are outside of these camps aren't living a life of luxury - the day to day life there is still not comparable to the prison system.