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29 Mar 2013, 8:46 pm
marshall wrote:
"A stated above, the DPRK has 3 political parties:
Workers' Party of Korea
Korean Social Democratic Party
Chongdoist Chungu Party (Religious)
These parties are not opposition parties. They do not challenge Workers Party of Korea, but they are working side by side with it, and they share common goals. These two parties work hand in had with the main KWP in order to achieve its nation building and they do not confront KWP in achieving their objectives but instead via consultations."
That doesn't sound like "democracy" to me. The WPK obviously calls all the shots.
Workers' Party of Korea
Korean Social Democratic Party
Chongdoist Chungu Party (Religious)
These parties are not opposition parties. They do not challenge Workers Party of Korea, but they are working side by side with it, and they share common goals. These two parties work hand in had with the main KWP in order to achieve its nation building and they do not confront KWP in achieving their objectives but instead via consultations."
That doesn't sound like "democracy" to me. The WPK obviously calls all the shots.
Those parties are all sock puppets. Nobody second guesses the Kim family- even their parliament. It's basically like playing Simon Says under the watch of a machine gun tower, and armed thugs haul away those that are "out".
29 Mar 2013, 11:11 pm
John_Browning wrote:
marshall wrote:
"A stated above, the DPRK has 3 political parties:
Workers' Party of Korea
Korean Social Democratic Party
Chongdoist Chungu Party (Religious)
These parties are not opposition parties. They do not challenge Workers Party of Korea, but they are working side by side with it, and they share common goals. These two parties work hand in had with the main KWP in order to achieve its nation building and they do not confront KWP in achieving their objectives but instead via consultations."
That doesn't sound like "democracy" to me. The WPK obviously calls all the shots.
Workers' Party of Korea
Korean Social Democratic Party
Chongdoist Chungu Party (Religious)
These parties are not opposition parties. They do not challenge Workers Party of Korea, but they are working side by side with it, and they share common goals. These two parties work hand in had with the main KWP in order to achieve its nation building and they do not confront KWP in achieving their objectives but instead via consultations."
That doesn't sound like "democracy" to me. The WPK obviously calls all the shots.
Those parties are all sock puppets. Nobody second guesses the Kim family- even their parliament. It's basically like playing Simon Says under the watch of a machine gun tower, and armed thugs haul away those that are "out".
I don't think Kim Jong Un is smart enough to call all the shots.
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30 Mar 2013, 9:39 am
heres why American reaction is disproportional.
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30 Mar 2013, 12:25 pm
marshall wrote:
John_Browning wrote:
marshall wrote:
"A stated above, the DPRK has 3 political parties:
Workers' Party of Korea
Korean Social Democratic Party
Chongdoist Chungu Party (Religious)
These parties are not opposition parties. They do not challenge Workers Party of Korea, but they are working side by side with it, and they share common goals. These two parties work hand in had with the main KWP in order to achieve its nation building and they do not confront KWP in achieving their objectives but instead via consultations."
That doesn't sound like "democracy" to me. The WPK obviously calls all the shots.
Workers' Party of Korea
Korean Social Democratic Party
Chongdoist Chungu Party (Religious)
These parties are not opposition parties. They do not challenge Workers Party of Korea, but they are working side by side with it, and they share common goals. These two parties work hand in had with the main KWP in order to achieve its nation building and they do not confront KWP in achieving their objectives but instead via consultations."
That doesn't sound like "democracy" to me. The WPK obviously calls all the shots.
Those parties are all sock puppets. Nobody second guesses the Kim family- even their parliament. It's basically like playing Simon Says under the watch of a machine gun tower, and armed thugs haul away those that are "out".
I don't think Kim Jong Un is smart enough to call all the shots.
True, though whether he calls the shots or not depends on if anyone is brave enough to accuse him of being too stupid to have them kidnapped and executed. It may be that if he was in a western society he would probably be the subject of partial conservatorship, but he inherited a huge security apparatus. Perhaps there are generals and party officials that hated the guy since was was a teenager, but it may be a long time before any of them test the waters to feel out who else might feel the same way. But still, others that may hate him are liable to remain loyal out of fear that someone else will turn them in- even someone that also secretly hates him but wants to save their own skin. If even a simple majority of his subordinates all realized at once that they all have no confidence in him, he'd be in trouble.
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30 Mar 2013, 1:31 pm
thomas81 wrote:
FMX wrote:
I hope you don't really mean that this is a desirable course of action. Sure, this unstable state is bad, but it's still 100 times better than actual war. I've never been in a war (and hope I never am), but I know enough to convince me it's a terrible thing and there are no winners. Threat of war is a regular part of international relations, but actual war should be avoided at almost any cost.
Technically speaking...
If you were an NT that comment would have annoyed me, because I'd assume you're deliberately ignoring my point, but as you are an aspie, I'll just laugh.
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