Professors at N. Korea’s top economics school dodge questions about socialist economy
“Even if professors think there’s a problem with the socialistic economic system, they can’t make such remarks in public spaces," a source told Daily NK
One problematic question was posed by a freshman in the economics department at Chong Jun Taek University of Economics in early May.
“Since the planned economy of socialism is a system in which everything is controlled and run by the state, the food supply can break down – something we’re seeing right now – when the state doesn’t distribute rations. But in the market-oriented economy of capitalism, individuals are paid according to the amount they work. Doesn’t the capitalist economic approach strike you as being more logical?”
That led to a severe reprimand from the professor, who said that “it’s wrong to even ask a question like that” and that the student had “studied in vain.” But the professor did not offer a decent response to the student’s question.
Our penalties for being a politically incorrect academic may be far less severe, but the evasive attitude seems to be similar - “it’s wrong to even ask a question like that”.
Interestingly, this is the attitude of the BBC towards anything politically incorrect. Climate change, sustainability, gender politics, race politics and immigration for example. It is no great stretch to suggest that the BBC has a somewhat North Korean attitude to these issues.
3 comments:
With the awful BBC becoming a laughing stock amongst most normal citizens, none of this surprises me!
Sadly, when Labour get into government next year, the 'corporation' will just wallow fatly in such stupidity, but taxpayers will still have to fork-out for their dross, never minding that it'll be the sort of bile boiled up by the likes of Stary-Sturmer, Abbott and the Ginger one...
It's worse than NK. There, they are so primitive in their social control that people get to publicly ask such questions.
How would we ever ask the BBC about climate change or BLM or women with penises or any of the other sacred orthodoxies? They've got it sewn up tighter than a duck's proverbial...
Scrobs - a Labour government is a horrible prospect, but the Conservatives should at least have pretended to be conservative.
Sam - yes, the BBC's sacred orthodoxies can't be challenged effectively and publicly at all. It's a litmus test of official intentions and that test says reform isn't even on the table.
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