Could anyone explain why the Kim family has been in power for so long? I am supportive of the DPRK and I like Juche, but I never knew the reason for this. Why them and nobody else? Is it cuz of their historical significance in the struggle, which may have led to them being so involved in the state?

  • ps1_lenin
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    2 years ago

    This is not necessarily an issue of enshrined power, but of personality politics. As Stalin was respected for being a brilliant revolutionary and leading the USSR out of a horrific civil war and WW2, the Kim family is respected for being capable leaders in the face of unimaginable horror – brutal Japanese occupation, the division of their nation and the slaughtering of their citizens by American forces, enforced famines and economic terrorism from the west, on and on and on.

    Totally agree. Once you have a basic grasp of the post-war history of the USSR and DPRK (after hacking away at decades of ingrained propaganda), this is a very logical conclusion.