Comments on: Defector Describes Construction of DMZ Weapons Bunkers http://freekorea.us/2009/11/18/defector-describes-construction-of-dmz-weapons-bunkers/ Wed, 23 May 2012 10:34:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: KCJ http://freekorea.us/2009/11/18/defector-describes-construction-of-dmz-weapons-bunkers/comment-page-1/#comment-73993 KCJ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:32:23 +0000 http://www.freekorea.us/2009/11/18/defector-describes-construction-of-dmz-weapons-bunkers/#comment-73993 usinkorea: I concur with your analysi 100%. Juche is the only thing holding the DPRK together - it is a cult. The people are brain-washed to an extent unfathomable to anyone not used to working with deprogramming people who have been indoctrinated in religious cults. Juche, not the USFK is what is standing in the way of reunification. And Juche is crumbling from the inside out which is also a dreadful notion to most Norks. usinkorea:
I concur with your analysi 100%. Juche is the only thing holding the DPRK together – it is a cult. The people are brain-washed to an extent unfathomable to anyone not used to working with deprogramming people who have been indoctrinated in religious cults.

Juche, not the USFK is what is standing in the way of reunification. And Juche is crumbling from the inside out which is also a dreadful notion to most Norks.

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2009/11/18/defector-describes-construction-of-dmz-weapons-bunkers/comment-page-1/#comment-69619 usinkorea Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:41:22 +0000 http://www.freekorea.us/2009/11/18/defector-describes-construction-of-dmz-weapons-bunkers/#comment-69619 I don't know...Juche's emphasis on "self-reliance" and near complete isolation is part of the foundation of the society (and the government's control system), and it is so fundamental to the society, it should have been clear to the powers that be outside of Korea that any and all of the "advancements" during the Sunshine years were drops in a bucket full of holes...That they meant nothing in the end, because the system could not ultimately reform because the reforms were the opposite of what they saw holding the society together. I think you can entertain the argument that "victory" and unification of South Korea and the expelling of the Americans is also part of the bedrock of North Korean society. So much so after these decades that even the top people can't let go of it without a fundamental psychological break with the whole foundation. In short, I think it is easier to picture that they do this kind of planning and preparation because they still believe because to not believe would require a near total rejection of the society --- and to not believe and still come up with and implement plans like this would require a type mentality I think is too rare to believe can be found in the ranks of most of North Korea's elites. Also in short, even when it comes to Kim Jong Il, I can more easily picture him being dominated by self-delusion than by hyper-Machiavellianism. I don’t know…Juche’s emphasis on “self-reliance” and near complete isolation is part of the foundation of the society (and the government’s control system), and it is so fundamental to the society, it should have been clear to the powers that be outside of Korea that any and all of the “advancements” during the Sunshine years were drops in a bucket full of holes…That they meant nothing in the end, because the system could not ultimately reform because the reforms were the opposite of what they saw holding the society together.

I think you can entertain the argument that “victory” and unification of South Korea and the expelling of the Americans is also part of the bedrock of North Korean society. So much so after these decades that even the top people can’t let go of it without a fundamental psychological break with the whole foundation.

In short, I think it is easier to picture that they do this kind of planning and preparation because they still believe because to not believe would require a near total rejection of the society — and to not believe and still come up with and implement plans like this would require a type mentality I think is too rare to believe can be found in the ranks of most of North Korea’s elites.

Also in short, even when it comes to Kim Jong Il, I can more easily picture him being dominated by self-delusion than by hyper-Machiavellianism.

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