Kim Dictatorship In North Korea

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Since the Korean War, external strife between North Korea and the United States has heightened with threats of nuclear war and communist dictatorship, but what is seldom discussed is the internal imbalance of the nation and the effect this has on its inhabitants, society, and government. Particularly with the use of gulags, a broken mirror of the past horrors of the Holocaust and Adolf Hitler’s regime, that is only one of the effects of a sodden government and corrupt nation that is spiraling into self-depletion. The controversy lies with the root cause of this knot of impediments, the Kim dynasty. This line of successors believes that a communist government is the only way to instill equality, independence, and supremacy in a nation where …show more content…
Thus the North Korean form of governance proves inadequate for not only fulfillment of the promises made but also in a functioning republic where inhabitants are provided with resources, leadership, and stability in which they have the ability to not only survive, but thrive. This analysis will discuss the contentious Kim governance, the effects of this rule, such as the establishment of gulags, and an argument to their claim of North Korean supremacy. In the eyes of the Kim dictatorship, communism promotes equality and permeates a sense of responsibility for the individuals in loyalty to the regime to provide and instill a disciplined work ethic. This is to ensure the continuity of their nation and stimulate egalitarianism through this controlled system. In Kim Jong Ill’s, Our Socialism Centered on the Masses…, he argues that the working class are the pivotal components of society and are equal or are of even more importance to their wealthier counterparts,

“A socialist society is one that puts an end to the society in which the position of master is inverted; it makes the popular masses the genuine masters. Our socialism is centered upon the popular masses in that it makes them the masters of everything, commensurate with their position and role in socio-historical progress, and makes everything serve them. Our socialism for the masses meets the aspirations and desires of the working classmost thoroughly.” (Kim,
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The promise of upholding the sovereignties of the North Korean people are evidently ignored with the organization of modern say concentration camps where “protected individuals” are treated worse than animals as portrayed in the autobiography, the Aquariums of Pyongyang. “The only lesson I got pounded into me was about man's limitless capacity for vice - that and the fact that social distinctions vanish in a concentration camp. I once believed that man was different from other animals, but Yodok showed me that reality doesn't support this opinion.” (Kang,Rigoulot) This illustration of the concentration camps, symbolizes the social stratification of North Korea and the civil injustice that is present under the instruction of