North Korea

This article is about GritCult's view of North Korea. For a general overview, see North Korea on Wikipedia.

North Korea
“not banned, but a good esoteric read is the darpa experiments and writing on subterranean warfare tunnel…” (25 November 2023)
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First post	13 February 2018
Latest post	5 April 2026
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North Korea appears in 31 posts, 15 of them from 2018. GritCult uses it as an argument rather than a place, and the argument flips over time: first a byword for state control and death camps, later a provocation about birth rates, with a side role as a hazard for crypto startups.

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In the 2018 posts North Korea is the clinching example against state control. Government monopoly, he wrote, leads to "government failure and worsening equality as seen in USSR north Korea and Venezuela" ^[1]. He mocked people who held up those countries as successes, and set the two Koreas side by side: South Korean corporations caught bribing officials and convicted, against "north korea: death camps." ^[2] His standing challenge to apologists was simple: "if you believe north korea isnt all that bad, why not live there." ^[3] He still preferred talks to war, backing Trump as "the man who initiated talks with North Korea" over a warmonger ^[4].

From 2023 the comparison is inverted. "North Korea will outlast South Korea", he posted ^[5], explaining that the South has the world's lowest fertility rate and "relies on exports and mega corporations", while in the North "Each family has like 6 kids" ^[6]. He followed it with the claim that North Korean subway trains are better run than any in America or the UK, offered as "food for thought" ^[7], and in 2024 he declared that North Korea had won. The birth-rate theme returned in 2026 when he shared Palmer Luckey's remark that the North need only keep having children to beat the South.

North Korea also appears as a practical threat in crypto. In 2018 he listed North Koreans among the state players in a democratised cyber war, and he has twice described a North Korean developer turning up at a startup of his. The second time, in 2026, came with a broader conclusion: any serious crypto project now "needs to hire ex military intelligence personnel" ^[8].

Recurring themes

• the cautionary socialist state
• challenging apologists to emigrate
• birth rates over GDP
• the two Koreas inverted
• state hackers in crypto

Notable post

The most retweeted GritCult post on the subject, with 8 retweets:

Selected posts

All 31 posts in the archive about North Korea, ranked by retweets. Select a column heading to sort.

Date	Retweets	Likes	Post	Media	Source
5 April 2026	8	77	Crypto has developed to a point where any serious project needs to hire ex military intelligence personnel I would’ve dismissed a lot of this. But have seen some things with my own eyes. My last startup I’m pretty sure a North Korean larping as a Japanese tried working for us		View
25 November 2023	5	49	not banned, but a good esoteric read is the darpa experiments and writing on subterranean warfare tunnel warfare was thought to be a response to air space supremacy and that north korea and iran would invest heavily in tunnels - both predictions have come true.		View
4 April 2026	2	56	.@PalmerLuckey on birth rates “South Korea has a rapidly declining birth rate. They’re down to 0.67 births per woman average. You need to be at 2.1 to meet replacement.” “North Korea doesn’t need to fight South Korea to win, all they have to do is keep having kids and making…		View
29 September 2023	2	15	Remember when pot coin sponsored Dennis rodman to go North Korea. Gc remembers.		View
8 March 2018	2	1	name 1 true naturally occurring monopoly. you are also forgetting the government is comprised of private individuals forgetting that leads to government failure and worsening equality as seen in USSR north Korea and Venezuela, they all have state control and monopoly		View
6 November 2020	1	36	rule of thumb. whenever there is chaos in the world, bitcoin goes up. brexit, iran, elections, north korea, corona. all correlate with chaos and bitcoin price increases. bitcoin is a hedge against the political hegemony of the world.		View
4 July 2023	1	16	North Korea will outlast South Korea.		View
4 July 2023	1	11	Let’s check on Koreans in ANOTHER 70 years. South Korea : TFR : lowest in the world at .6 North Korea. Each family has like 6 kids totally independent and self sufficient economy South Korea. About to go extinct at end of century relies on exports and mega corporations		View
29 August 2018	1	4	this is a muted view imo because the ease to access to cyber realm will democratise power and thus democratise the ease to access to cyber warfare you have : israelis iranians russians chinese north koreans americans anglo-5 eyes pak-india & more		View
21 February 2018	1	0	yh venezuela and north korea are doing good amirite		View
14 April 2018	1	0	ahahaha what a self own. u say north korea... u mean kim jong un the dictator.... as the people of north korea have little to no internet connection		View
12 June 2018	1	0	politics : dont listen to what they say, look at what they do. you may think they are friendly, policies/actions may point other wise. contrast with north korea, was cold and disrespectful, a little while later they are now meeting in singapore.		View
11 November 2022	0	32	@DejaRu22 North Korea torture chamber.		View
24 October 2024	0	30	north korea won.		View
27 August 2024	0	26	my last startup we accidentally hired a north korean developer.		View
31 December 2023	0	13	fr tho why doesnt kim jong un start a eugenics program? thats what i would be doing		View
10 October 2018	0	4	@dennisrodman @bronzeagemantis @realDonaldTrump Better the man who initiated talks with North Korea than a war monger me thinks		View
13 November 2019	0	3	@NielsKnk @BenjaminGJW North Korea.		View
15 March 2022	0	3	And this will have lasting impacts because it will ultimately undermine the petrodollar that the world currently uses as a global currency. The everlasting impact we're having is the breakdown version as mediator; it acts presently as a mediator for North Korea and Iran.		View
31 December 2023	0	2	the subway trains in north korea are better run, safer and cleaner than every train in america or the UK. food for thought		View
13 February 2018	0	1	south korea : giant corporations are bribing officials incl. the head of state, which are being found out and convicted. north korea: death camps.		View
5 April 2018	0	1	like i say to tankies, if you believe north korea isnt all that bad, why not live there. despite what putin says on international stage, actions speak loudly, they are investing HEAVILY into military, trying to get military experience(syria), economy is shit, propaganda high too		View
27 February 2018	0	0	But we have so many lefties n tankies saying those despots arent even that bad they even say this about north korea lmaoo.		View
28 February 2018	0	0	we should also gather by the bonfire every full moon and sing kumbaya my lord until the sun rise and the world would a better place and we will all live happily ever after and nothing bad will happen and therell be no guns and kim jong un will hold hands with donald trump		View
28 February 2018	0	0	This century got a whole lot more interesting. Salman early 30s. Kim jong un early 30s Putin in power 20 years. consolidated crimea/vassals. 60s Chinas Xi has altered constitution so no limits like putin. 60s Trump 70s and has more democratic checks Erdogan consolidated too		View
30 April 2018	0	0	we are stopping people from working and seeking employment where they wish, we are stopping people from buying housing where they wish can the citizens of north korea feel free to emigrate ? isnt the state dictating the economic rights of people like that as in communism ?		View
14 August 2018	0	0	link includes : pakistan, china, russian security bloc confirmed in reply to thread about news about north korea		View
31 August 2018	0	0	@Kairon01 think its human error or could be north korea... ?		View
26 October 2018	0	0	@MVHGuitar @curaffairs do we stop innovation as you say via protectionism or promote it ? hmm i can see which one will be more harmful i wonder if north korea has made any contributions		View
7 March 2019	0	0	@spearofsolomon @NielsKnk So we should live under a despot akin to those living under one in North Korea. ? Humanity has evolved to keep pushing the frontier		View
12 August 2021	0	0	@LoopLudic @jack @iBobbyShell @iamDCinvestor @mdudas I could be in North Korea		View

History

GritCult first posted about North Korea on 13 February 2018, and most recently on 5 April 2026. Across the archive the subject comes up 31 times, most often in 2018 (15 posts).

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References

1. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (8 March 2018). forgetting that leads to government failure and worsening equality as seen in USSR north Korea and Venezuela, they all have state control and monopoly. X.
2. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (13 February 2018). south korea : giant corporations are bribing officials incl. the head of state, which are being found out and convicted. north korea: death camps. X.
3. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (5 April 2018). like i say to tankies, if you believe north korea isnt all that bad, why not live there. X.
4. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (10 October 2018). Better the man who initiated talks with North Korea than a war monger me thinks. X.
5. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (4 July 2023). North Korea will outlast South Korea. X.
6. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (4 July 2023). North Korea. Each family has like 6 kids totally independent and self sufficient economy... relies on exports and mega corporations. X.
7. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (31 December 2023). the subway trains in north korea are better run, safer and cleaner than every train in america or the UK. food for thought. X.
8. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (5 April 2026). Crypto has developed to a point where any serious project needs to hire ex military intelligence personnel. X.

External links

• Posts about North Korea by GRITCULT on X
• North Korea on Wikipedia