Reader mode is one of the reasons why I keep going back to Firefox or Firefox forks :). I really love how it just works, and how it also can unlock semi-paywalled (soft-locked) articles.

Yea. The entire comment section, and guy himself are going through all the DPRK-bad tropes.

Not really related, but I recently re-watched Avatar: The Last Airbender, the animated series. There is so much blatant anti-“communist” propaganda throughout. Like the whole “no war in Ba Sing Se” thing is clearly designed to mimic “communist brainwashing”, Stasi and everything related to bad/lib/western takes on non-western intelligence service(s). The same bad tropes are also repeated in Legend of Korra, with the equality movement, “the great uniter” and so on.

They’re all clearly written to be the bad guys, and everything they believe in is compared to the usual anti-communist propaganda - equality=bad, he’s actually a bad guy (liar) underneath the mask. The great uniter=bad, sends people to concentration camps while promising unity.

Again just reminds me of a classic joke:

“A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar for a friendly drink…”

“I have to admit, I’m always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up,” the CIA agent says.

“Thank you,” the KGB says. “We do our best but truly, it’s nothing compared to American propaganda. Your people believe everything your state media tells them.”

The CIA agent drops his drink in shock and disgust. “Thank you friend, but you must be confused… There’s no propaganda in America.”

Makes sense then :). Not trying to be mean or ableist, it’s just hard for me to keep focus with the AI voices. Hopefully the AI based TTS-voices will get even better in the future!

The content of video itself is great, but I personally dislike the whole AI voice thing. It makes it a bit of a monotonous listening experience.

Rest in peace, comrade Nguyen Phu Trong!

NYTimes is already out there wishing for a “less conservative communist leader”:

Mr. Trong represented a conservative Marxist-Leninist faction within the party, which includes another faction seen as more pragmatic and moderate. His death is likely to raise hopes in the West that a less doctrinaire leader could emerge. Mr. Trong, the only one in the 18-member Politburo who grew up during the Vietnam War, was a generation older than many of his peers.

Thank you comrade! <3

Unfortunately, I don’t know. But he has a lot of socials, and seems to be a nice bloke. You could probably send him a message. He’s been a tour guide for Koryo Tours, so he might have brought some books and resources back home with him :)