North Korea is a propaganda machine, and frankly their 1960's technology is a joke.
EDIT I'd be curious to know the people that are down-voting what country they are from.
The US (and pretty much all countries) are 'propaganda' machines to one extent or another.
Fresh Air did an episode on it a few weeks ago, following a New York Times article.
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/29/521909787/the-u-s-has-an-activ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/world/asia/north-korea-mi...
North Korea is isolated from the entire world. I don't think any meaningful evaluation of economic systems can be made here beyond isolation from the worlds physical and intellectual resources makes for poor innovation.
Free markets and capitalism is vastly superior when the bicycle is rolling and society can hit a balance. Until then, you need a single concentrated effort at just one thing. And if you look at the evolution of free markets, you had that in nearly every industry, every emerging technology to some degree.
When the pinata breaks, new technologies and competing industries emerge. SpaceX, Boeing, Blue Labs are an emergence of a sustained governmental push with some reliance on private partnerships. Otherwise, we would still be trying to get to the moon.
And trying to discredit an opinion based on where its holder comes from is bordering on naughty.
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Here is a similar statement: Since USA suck at [something USA sucks at] capitalism is clearly inferiour to [something that isn't capitalism].
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/world/asia/north-korea-mi...
Almost accurate isn't just for horseshoes and hand grenades.
Fallout radius for a 15 megaton blast, superimposed on the north eastern US. Anything with numbers (roentgens) above ~500 is fatal, though less than that isn't harmless either: http://nikealaska.org/nuke/CasBravM.gif Much, much bigger than what the DPRK has tested, but the principal is the same. Low tech SCUD level accuracy is fine.
The Nagasaki bomb missed by 3km. It was similar in size to what the DPRK has tested.
And quantity makes up for quality.
Besides, claiming the free market works because the country almost every capitalist state refuses to do business with has some problems is a bit of a joke.