Post #518434
2026-03-04 13:36 UTC
A hereditary monarchy is still not an oligarchy 🤷
Sure, not saying it is. I was arguing against the claims of North Korea being a democratic system controlled by the working class. North Korea is not a classic oligarchic system, so I’d agree with your reply to OP.
But anyway, you’re only talking about the head of state. They have an entire system running there
I don’t think that any kind of democratic system is possible under a head of state with that amount of worship and cult of personality around a single person. The structures for a democratic system underneath may exist, but when it’s not possible to act out of line or speak out against the great leader, they might as well not. All the evidence I’ve seen suggests that it’s not. Both from North Korean media itself, which I’ve watched quite a bit of, and from the mouth of North Koreans who managed to get out.
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@AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 2026-03-05 03:19
Why isn’t it? Kim has no quarterly earnings report he’s in thrall to, no need to make line go up in perpetuity, no banksters, no factory owners, no techbros, no lobbyists. Under such conditions, it’s entirely possible for leadership to work on behalf of the public interest. Compare to the US, where popular support is completely ignored for industry lobbying and campaign cash. I’d venture to say that North Korea is already more democratic than the US, even IF it’s a brutal regime (it isn’t) The only brutal regime on the peninsula is the ROK, which killed tens of thousands of its citizens in Jeju and Gwangju. Jeju was effectively covered up until the mass graves were found.