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The "US propaganda" that I see and hear regarding PRK is almost always regarding the cult of personality of the Supreme Leader. I don't think I've ever seen an

The "US propaganda" that I see and hear regarding PRK is almost always regarding the cult of personality of the Supreme Leader. I don't think I've ever seen anything that would lead me to believe that its people are simple-minded. The thing that puzzles me is, as in any dictatorship -- why does the military enforce the unjust rule? Is it that they don't see the plight of their people, they don't care, or they're enriched by the status quo and can't imagine disrupting it? Or something else entirely? And why do the Chinese continue to support this state? Is it because of a belief in the ideology? Or a perpetual bargaining chip with the US?

dragonwriter 10y ago
> The thing that puzzles me is, as in any dictatorship -- why does the military enforce the unjust rule? Self-interest (in the most case, individual, on the part of each actor.) As in any dictatorship. > Is it that they don't see the plight of their people, they don't care, or they're enriched by the status quo and can't imagine disrupting it? They see the plight of their people, and don't want to join it, and even moreso don't want to be (along with potentially their family) killed when any one of the many co-conspirators they would need to do something about it turns out to be a regime loyalist who scuttles the plan before it kicks off. > And why do the Chinese continue to support this state? Because they don't want a united Korea, and even moreso don't want a US (and Japan)-allied united Korea on their border. The DPRK is an alternative focus for China's global and regional rivals attention.