All sovereign countries in the world, regardless of their domestic political and economic development, are open to the outside world to a certain extent.
There is only one country that has remained very mysterious to this day, and most of what we know about them comes from hearsay and a few news reports.
And what we can understand is only some of the things that their country wants us to understand, and what this country is really like may only be glimpsed by being in it.
Even those who have managed to travel, interview and communicate with this country can only see the side they want to show.
And the country's economic development is relatively backward in front of the world, but they have always been known for their iron-blooded policies.
It is such a country that I heard was very poor, but it made some of the hegemonic countries in the world powerless.
Presumably, many people already know that this country is talking about North Korea.
North Korea is so mysterious that many people have studied it for years without coming up with more about the state of their country.
However, there are some general conditions in North Korean society that are undisguised and can be generously displayed in front of others.
This is the "three nos" that are often talked about, and as a famous "three nos" country, North Korea has shocked many people.
These three nos, one is that there is no theft, the second is that there is no unemployment in the whole country, and the third "no" is unexpected.
Why are there these three nos, and what is the other "nothing"?
1. No theft
When we read ancient Chinese history, if we want to describe the good development of a country under the rule of a certain emperor, what sentences do we use when the people are simple?
Probably the most frequently mentioned is the phrase "the road is not forgotten, and the night is not closed".
Of course, this is just a description. So far, no matter in any country, any dynasty, no economic situation, it is impossible to completely eradicate theft.
This is because humans are complex animals, and human nature is even more complex. Even if everyone lives and works in peace, there will still be people who want to steal for a living.
So why is it that North Korea has been able to achieve almost no theft? In fact, there are several reasons for this.
First of all, it is determined by the characteristics of national education in North Korea, which is a completely closed country, and it is almost impossible for ordinary citizens to come into contact with foreign cultures.
The education that their citizens can receive comes from their own country, and the values they form are also the values that the country needs them to recognize.
The whole society has exactly the same set of values from top to bottom, and the quality of the people is basically the same.
What are their specific values? It is the principle of collectivism supremacy, and how can the people who adhere to this principle have the idea of stealing.
Another reason is that North Korea's security management is very strict, even strict, which can be seen from the experience of many "North Korean defectors".
The "North Korean defectors" have more or less appeared to tell the outside world that the tolerance of North Korean society as a whole towards those who "make mistakes" is very low.
Once there is a mistake, not only will you be punished, but even your family will be affected.
What's more, not many of them even have the opportunity to "make mistakes", because they still need permission to go to strange places in their own country.
Under such conditions, who would dare to commit theft at all great risk?
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Another important reason is that the North Korean government will provide suitable employment opportunities for the people and ensure their basic food and clothing conditions.
It is a social composition with single values, relatively simple thoughts, and low material desires, and once it can get food and clothing, it will not want to steal anymore.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, no society can be 100% free from theft, but such behavior is very rare in North Korea.
2. No unemployment
Compared with other countries, the overall national economic level of the DPRK should be on the low side, and some people have compared the current DPRK with China in the 80s and 90s.
In contrast, North Korea's current economic development may be similar to that of China a few decades ago.
It is such a society where the whole country seems to be poor, but the happiness index of the people is very high, and the most important reason is that they basically have almost no unemployment.
Why is it that the national unemployment rate of one country, when the economic development is far from catching up, is low, or even almost none?
This is actually related to the system of North Korea, which has always practiced a planned economy, and all economic entities belong to the state.
From birth, all citizens are basically planning and arranging their education, survival, and future life planning.
From the beginning of education, the state is already making plans for the future allocation of talents, such as those with excellent grades will get the opportunity to go to university or continue their studies.
Children with average grades, after receiving free education from the state, begin to be assigned to the top of the job to start working.
Because these jobs are assigned by the state, they will follow them for the rest of their lives if nothing else, because they are a collective economy, and there will be no resignation or self-employment.
Continuing to do the work assigned by the collective is the guarantee of their survival, and there is no great competition in the collective economy, and the possibility of bankruptcy is very small.
As a result, there is basically no such thing as unemployment in ordinary people in North Korea.
Of course, in addition to some ordinary positions, there are also some high-level positions with high social status and high income.
Most of the owners of these positions are people with deep family ties, and once they occupy these small but delicate positions, they are less likely to lose their jobs.
The unemployment rate is very low or almost non-existent, and it is reasonable to think that it is a relatively ideal social state.
However, the fact is that because economic entities belong only to the collective, and even employment opportunities are distributed, the entire North Korean society has no motivation to take the initiative to innovate and seek higher development.
In the long run, there are only people in various positions, but without real talents, it is difficult for society and the country to develop in a better direction.
This is one of the reasons why North Korea's economy has been difficult to develop for so many years.
3. No obesity
If the economy cannot develop, it will be difficult for the people's living standards to be improved, and the material living standards will be even more lackluster.
There is no abundant material life, only basic survival guarantees, and the general appearance and figure of the North Korean people are normal or thin, and there are very few obese people.
The specific reasons are broken down, first of all, the DPRK has always been in a state of food shortage and daily necessities.
The reason for the shortage, one is that the DPRK has always been closed off from the rest of the country, there is no room for economic development, and their grain production has always been in a primitive state.
Whether it is sowing, fertilizing, or harvesting, the DPRK's grain production methods are backward, and there are no methods and channels for improving their planting technology.
If the grain output is low due to backward technology, and there is no channel or strength to import large quantities from abroad, of course there will not be too much grain distributed to the people.
There is not much food, and the daily supply of vegetables, meat, oil and salt is limited, and in such a situation, of course, it is difficult for anyone to become obese due to excessive intake of nutrients.
Nutritional shortages are only one aspect, but the economy of the DPRK is underdeveloped and their means of transportation are underdeveloped.
People can't choose subways, buses or even taxis like our country, and most of the time they can only choose to walk.
In addition to walking, many of their jobs require physical labor, because mental work is occupied by only a few people.
In this way, most people's daily exercise is up to standard or far beyond the standard.
There is no material condition for big fish and meat every day, and a lot of physical exertion has to be produced every day, so of course, such a state of life cannot produce obesity.
Many people may think that there are very few obese people in a country and society, which means that the people in this country are very happy and healthy.
In fact, it depends on which angle you can understand it, and the general happiness index of the North Korean people is indeed very high, because their thinking has always been very simple.
The state makes them feel that they are happy, and they feel very happy, because they have no access to the outside world, and they do not have more material and spiritual desires for the outside world.
Without these desires, people live a simple and pure life, and of course they will have a strong sense of happiness.
But this happiness is bought in exchange for the ascetic-like lifestyle of the people, who lack even basic nutritional supplements.
Whether this is happiness or not, presumably there needs to be a question mark.
epilogue
The "three-nil" state sounds like an ideal state of national existence, because we have tried so much to meet the criteria of even one of them.
But if you look closely, you will find that North Korea's three-no-state has a big price.
The absence of theft is due to excessively heavy security penalties and the population lives in fear and unconditional trust in the government's repressive policies.
The price of no unemployment is that good jobs have been occupied by powerful people, and ordinary people can only do some ordinary low-income social status occupations.
Obesity-free comes at the cost of losing the right to own material resources and choices, and to have adequate nutrition.
And all the costs of this, the audience is mainly ordinary people, and even the descendants of these people.
In contrast, we must still prefer to live in the agony of occasional theft, unemployment, and even obesity.
What do you think?
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