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I found this! Women of North Korea Directing Traffic.. Looks like a fashion show..

http://megacombat.net/women-the-traffic-cops-of-north-korea/

http://megacombat.net/the-women-of-north-korea-directing-traffic/

Yes. But not the only one. 

No. you should keep them as a national treasurer!   

lol rouz.. he has skill

I found this! Women of North Korea Directing Traffic.. Looks like a fashion show..

http://megacombat.net/women-the-traffic-cops-of-north-korea/

http://megacombat.net/the-women-of-north-korea-directing-traffic/

I wish I had that kind of dedication in my job.

Socialist work & tech.

What is the purpose of this job?

Can't they just use signs and traffic management systems to divert the traffic.

I can program some street lights to do what I want... i doubt they have issues with making them.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/01/pyongyangs-worst-power-outage-in-years-leaves-north-korean-capital-freezing-in-darkness/

"Pyongyang’s worst power outage in years leaves North Korean capital freezing, in darkness"

Is that is North Korea ? Did I spell that right ?

"socialist work"  - what a simplified way of seeing it.

...but then I guess the capitalist equivalent would be:
 


Yea, better have excess labour whoring on the street until that mythical invisible hand sets things straight.

Voluntary exchanges are things of the Devil! Rape is much more ethical!

Eh, do you know people who have been living in socialist economy with guaranteed near 100 % employment rate? That is achieved by providing work that is, well, pretty much like that. Add chronic lack of electricity and you know why they "need" and need those women.

Prostitution, that´s another forte of Socialist economies.  In the Soviet days the Russian women offered themselves for those stocking you see in that picture...

I know that Finns have an inherit dislike for socialism, and rightfully so considering your historical relations with Russia, but you are deceiving yourself with simplified logic here...

There are basically three ways of managing excess labour:

The first one is that the state provides jobs (however inefficient) as a means of aiding the unemployed with a salary and a sense of purpose. In many impoverished and isolate countries this is to prefer as there is no private sector whatsoever to speak of. In China, many elderly and disabled were given such seemingly meaningless jobs. Personally I find this superior to money hand-outs to the poor.

The second one is to have people fend for themselves. There are self-correcting mechanisms in the free market that matches the supply and demand of labour, however, this works mostly in theoretical models and not so much in real life. The USA is a country where the states involvement is relatively small and this has proven devastating to the unemployed. The high crime rate and increased child mortality is a telling sign of the poor and unemployed being neglected in the worlds only super power.

...and finally you have the middle road of ol' Siddharta. You'll find this in most European countries, especially in the Scandinavian countries. I'm not very up-to-date on Finland, but here in Sweden there are many - to be frank - inefficient and meaningless jobs for the disabled, elderly or long-time unemployed. Mind you, Sweden is no North Korea and it has one of the most competitive industries in the world, yet there is a need for jobs similar to the one one in North Korea that could easily have been automatised.

So, in conclusion, is easy to simplify and neglect the unique situation of different countries. For a country like North Korea, small, isolated and lacking a private sector, the state needs to play a very active role in managing excess labour and either give cash hound outs or employ them in one form or the other.

Nothing to disagree with this although I still stand by my statement: North Korea uses those women because of the "socialist work" and because they need and "need" to do so.

Finland is pretty much as Socialistic as Sweden; in some areas more, in some areas less.

What comes to my anti-Socialism, well... my family has fought (literally) Socialism in two generations and lost two digit number of members while doing so... I guess that it was breastfeeded to me to dislike it:D

Anyway; Nordic welfare state has some good, very very good aspects that I do not dislike

I know that Finns have an inherit dislike for socialism, and rightfully so considering your historical relations with Russia, but you are deceiving yourself with simplified logic here...

There are basically three ways of managing excess labour:

The first one is that the state provides jobs (however inefficient) as a means of aiding the unemployed with a salary and a sense of purpose. In many impoverished and isolate countries this is to prefer as there is no private sector whatsoever to speak of. In China, many elderly and disabled were given such seemingly meaningless jobs. Personally I find this superior to money hand-outs to the poor.

The second one is to have people fend for themselves. There are self-correcting mechanisms in the free market that matches the supply and demand of labour, however, this works mostly in theoretical models and not so much in real life. The USA is a country where the states involvement is relatively small and this has proven devastating to the unemployed. The high crime rate and increased child mortality is a telling sign of the poor and unemployed being neglected in the worlds only super power.

...and finally you have the middle road of ol' Siddharta. You'll find this in most European countries, especially in the Scandinavian countries. I'm not very up-to-date on Finland, but here in Sweden there are many - to be frank - inefficient and meaningless jobs for the disabled, elderly or long-time unemployed. Mind you, Sweden is no North Korea and it has one of the most competitive industries in the world, yet there is a need for jobs similar to the one one in North Korea that could easily have been automatised.

So, in conclusion, is easy to simplify and neglect the unique situation of different countries. For a country like North Korea, small, isolated and lacking a private sector, the state needs to play a very active role in managing excess labour and either give cash hound outs or employ them in one form or the other.