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		throwaway426079 on March 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A 1967 experiment that proved anyone can design a ... You're right. But I don't think profit is everyone's first concern. The Kim dynasty needs the DPRK army as a tool of internal control more than it does for defense.

TheOtherHobbes on March 19, 2023 [–]

The benefits that gives them are very much a type of profit.

dilznoofus on March 20, 2023 | [–]

And a few million bucks isn't hard to come by when you're in control of an entire country

Even if it's as poor as NK, the guy who commands it can have more material riches than most of us can really consider

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