It’s kind of it’s own category. I mean, they’re basically forced to worship the supreme leader, but I don’t think that’s a defining aspect
It’s more a totalitarian state. Everything from what job you’ll do for the rest of your life to how you cheer is given to you by the government.
It has the trappings of religion, but do people really believe that? The way they talk about it is like “the state tells us Kim was born in a flash of light on the top of a mountain”, they don’t engage with the talking points, they repeat them exactly
Fun fact, the supreme leader has so far always been dead, the title only having been given to Sung and Jong upon their deaths, yet the title is officially the leader of the party, state, and army.
Making it the world’s only Necrocracy (rule by the dead)
A Necrocracy if we want to be pedantic. As the highest title in government 최고령도자 (literally translating as “supreme leader” or “the best/most leader”, but can be taken to mean something like “the leader who is in the highest position”), officially it is in charge of the party, state, and millitary, and so far been only given to former leaders upon their deaths. Meaning that at any given time, the highest leadership position is held by someone who is dead, making it a Necrocracy, rule by the dead.
A theocracy would imply some form of church like structure deciding policy, laws, and running the state, maybe you could argue the party is a sort of church, but the party apparatus is not appointing the leader, nor does it set policy. The party, state, and army in North Korea serve at the behest of the hereditary leaders, so practically it’s more of a monarchy.
DPRK is so democratic, they don’t even need to hold elections, they already know that the people want someone from the Kim family to be their glorious leader
Shitposting aside, we did literally amend our constitution because FDR won too many times. I’m sure that had nothing at all to do with New Deal policies and they were just real concerned about accidentally having a king again.
NK is a theocracy, right?
It’s kind of it’s own category. I mean, they’re basically forced to worship the supreme leader, but I don’t think that’s a defining aspect
It’s more a totalitarian state. Everything from what job you’ll do for the rest of your life to how you cheer is given to you by the government.
It has the trappings of religion, but do people really believe that? The way they talk about it is like “the state tells us Kim was born in a flash of light on the top of a mountain”, they don’t engage with the talking points, they repeat them exactly
Fun fact, the supreme leader has so far always been dead, the title only having been given to Sung and Jong upon their deaths, yet the title is officially the leader of the party, state, and army.
Making it the world’s only Necrocracy (rule by the dead)
I did not know that, that is a fun fact
A Necrocracy if we want to be pedantic. As the highest title in government 최고령도자 (literally translating as “supreme leader” or “the best/most leader”, but can be taken to mean something like “the leader who is in the highest position”), officially it is in charge of the party, state, and millitary, and so far been only given to former leaders upon their deaths. Meaning that at any given time, the highest leadership position is held by someone who is dead, making it a Necrocracy, rule by the dead.
A theocracy would imply some form of church like structure deciding policy, laws, and running the state, maybe you could argue the party is a sort of church, but the party apparatus is not appointing the leader, nor does it set policy. The party, state, and army in North Korea serve at the behest of the hereditary leaders, so practically it’s more of a monarchy.
“Nah bro, it’s a Democracy. It’s called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea bro.” Yeah, and Nazi stood for National Socialists.
A lot of the new Nazis in Germany (AfD) actually believe this btw.
DPRK is so democratic, they don’t even need to hold elections, they already know that the people want someone from the Kim family to be their glorious leader
Shitposting aside, we did literally amend our constitution because FDR won too many times. I’m sure that had nothing at all to do with New Deal policies and they were just real concerned about accidentally having a king again.