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#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special

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The Troublemaker's Guide to North Korea

In North Korea, even if things are objectively wrong, people are expected to pretend everything is fine to avoid being labeled as troublemakers or counter-revolutionary. Those who speak out risk being executed. It's not just freedom of speech that's lacking, but also freedom of silence. People are forced to constantly express how great things are, or silence is seen as suspicious.

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