But you know Kim is pretty smart keeping his people uninformed about the world outside his country since it's probably gonna be bad for him. If people really knew that he was not willing to give up his nuclear bullshit and keeping his people perpetually in the verge of famine while their southern counterparts are economically thriving, he probably would lose a lot of his popularity. He's not making the same mistake as East Berlin that's for sure.

lmfao you're actually brainwashed. Read the book I told you to read. Read up on the NIS and the NSL/NSA in South Korea. I would recommend you watch the indie documentary "Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul" but I can already imagine your reaction..

Is this what you say every night to feel better about how your tankie ideology is lamented by any reasonable person in a democratic

Also, your smug redditbrained crass way of interacting can only get you so far in any conversation before someone just tells you to educate yourself. Throwing out a "tankie!! tankie!!" and trying to put words in someones mouth in anticipation before you can even absorb a position you, self-admittedly, know nothing about is not how you learn in a conversation, and if you're not learning or coming to any common ground then you're just trolling. So stop, go read.