Have you ever noticed how the most repressive Communist dictatorships are always named such benign and friendly sounding names like: “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”? It’s bizarre, because the completely brutal, repressive manner in which these governments rule their countries with an iron fist really puts the lie to the absolutely propaganda-y names of their countries. It’s like it’s always opposite day there or something, or else they think everyone is too stupid to recognize the absolute dishonesty of their self-branding.
Maybe if they can brainwash most people into believing they live in a Democracy, or a Republic, then they’ll feel they can trust their government; and anyone else who refuses to accept the euphemistic name gets re-educated (or executed). But if the “people” ever wanted to change their system of government (you know, the one that the country name says belongs to them to begin with), well, I think we’ve all seen what happens to them: Tiananmen Square, anyone? They just get tortured and murdered, if not simply gunned down anonymously in the streets.
If it wasn’t so inhuman and disgusting, the way these country’s citizens are repressed and brutalized for criticizing or challenging their own governments, it might even be funny due to how absurd it all is. Because remember: the Soviet-style Communism was designed to be a “workers’ paradise”, and it was so wonderfully successful, they had to build walls guarded by armed guards just to prevent people from trying to escape to a better life (!). Oh, and the guards had to be in teams of three, because a team of two might just agree to escape together, or to let others escape without shooting them in the back.
Yes, the “Democratic” “workers’ paradise”: it’s like the Roach Motel: you check in, but you can’t check out! Only most people checked in by having the misfortune to be born there. But hey, at least they have really encouraging sounding names; and that’s got to help them feel better when they’re feeling down, right? Because after all, the politically-correct tyrants among us,* who sometimes seem like they would like to turn America into a system like those countries have, so they could have the authority to tell everyone what to do all the time (because after all, they know best!), are always saying that the language we use makes a difference, right? So, then, to use politically-correct terms to mask the inhumanity of your government’s repression must make it all feel better, right? Why don’t we ask those people in North Korea about that? Oops, I meant “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”, of course! Oh, that’s right: we can’t. Because they’re not allowed to talk to anyone from outside their utopian society: after all, they might become contaminated with freedom or hope or something else threatening to society like that. And that’s something “The People” would never tolerate, especially in a “Democratic Republic”, where by definition, no-one is ever allowed to think for themselves. Or isn’t that the definition of a Democratic Republic?
* (No, that is not a veiled attack on President Obama. While I have my problems with him from time to time, I don’t think he wants to turn America communist. But there are some who do want to try to push America in that direction, and I think that is an ill-advised plan, seeing as how it never works well anywhere else. We’ve got some problems here in America, but we have a good system. It just needs to be cleaned out once in a while, and we need to adhere to the Constitution. If people want to change it, there is a system for doing that: amend it.)
