It's good to know that, even decades after the Cold War ended, you can still depend on the communist to be a communist:
BBC TV show "Garden Secrets" was censored by North Korean authorities on their airwaves in an attempt to prevent the influence of U.S. imperialism in the communist country.
The gardening show, starring 74-year-old Alan Titchmarsh, received a pixelated overlay [of Titchmarsh's jeans] during a recent episode set in the gardens of the 17th-century Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, England.
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You may not be aware of it, but opposition to denim jeans is one of the most time-honored of all communist traditions, so much so that Levi Strauss even acknowledges it in their official history:
Jeans were considered a token of capitalism and jeans-wearers were enemies of the state. To protect youth from outside dress influences, the SUP tried introducing a socialist clothing culture. Schools forbid blue jeans and any student wearing them was sent home. Even dance halls forbid blue jeans.
Jeans-wearing, you see, was subversive to the State. Residents could not wear something with the triple-function of style, comfort and durability. That was too efficient for the communists! It couldn't be allowed.
Basically your two options in Soviet Russia near the end of the Cold War were Military Readiness or Lite Nu-Wave Modish:
Likewise, you can see that in North Korea the two options are either Military Flunky or Agrarian Farmer (bicycles are mandatory in either case):
There's no room for jeans in any of this, Comrade!
(Oh yeah, by the way, if you're caught wearing them you will be executed.)
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