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"Well-timed satellite or balloon based WiFi could foment a revolution?" Assuming the key players want a revolution, i.e. China, US, South Korea. We've seen ho
by redcalx 11y ago
"Well-timed satellite or balloon based WiFi could foment a revolution?"
Assuming the key players want a revolution, i.e. China, US, South Korea. We've seen how those sorts of revolutions can play out and they're not always better than what came before, at least in the short term (I'm mainly thinking about Syria and Yemen).
- pc86 11y agoA democratic DPRK that hates the US is still probably better than a totalitarian DPRK that is ambivalent/slightly negative.
- a3voices 11y agoUnless the democratic DPRK uses more terrorism against us.
- vinceguidry 11y agoA more likely scenario is reunification with South Korea.
- jacquesm 11y agoIt will make the German re-unification costs pale by comparison. Fewer people but a much bigger infrastructure gap.
- mortenjorck 11y agoThere's a fascinating thought. The GDR hovered around what, maybe 20 years behind the West by the time of reunification? The DPRK has to be at least 50 years behind the South at this point.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoMy impression is that Chinese nationalists (a lot of CCP) are not excited about the idea of throngs of hungry North Koreans flooding the border area, nor of the prospect of a failed communist state right next door. However I think a lot of them would candidly admit that DPRK is already a failed state, and kind of an embarrassment to CCP policy and philosophy.