Yes, I understand that they have a privileged life in comparison to their other comrades in the capitol, and those further out…yes I’ve read Nothing To Envy, I know they are stupid but kept ignorant. How do you go to a place like Paris, and see all this infrastructure, the ceremony, other races, homosexuals, then go home, surrender your medal to the Leader (or some party official) and keep your mouth shut about everything you saw.
If you’re a big believer going to the games has to be a LARGE test of your faith in Juche, even if you have cardboard beds in the athlete dorms.
isn’t it both along with a bunch of other variables?
Well the establishment of North Korea has indeed nothing to do with China but without them today we would have a unified Korea and the 3-4 generations that have lived miserable lives during the last 70 years wouldn’t have to suffer this much.
For some reason dictatorships fear nothing more than direct neighbours going democratic. China with Korea and Taiwan, Russia with Ukraine and Belarus.