Thinking about what happens with North Korea if Kim Jong Un dies suddenly.

He& #39;s relatively young. He& #39;s assassinated most of his relatives. He& #39;s purged the old guard, and anyone too openly ambitious or tight with China.

He has a sister, but she& #39;s never shown any ambition.
But it& #39;s not going to fall.

Because we have Donald Trump, so we& #39;ll be exerting no real pressure at best. And fucking it up at worst.

South Korea is conflicted on reunification. They& #39;d like less BATSHIT North Korea ~ but the more time and drift passes the less likely reuni is
And ultimately China still likes the buffer zone. So in all likelyhood they& #39;ll back whoever seems best for their interest and that& #39;ll be it.

Which could happen anyway if they& #39;re not pleased with Un, and he& #39;s incapacitated. They could just off him.
Anyway, I don& #39;t think it will be too terrible for the world or anything, I don& #39;t think NK goes nuts and bombs anyone or anything. I don& #39;t even think they& #39;ll have a civil war.

But sadly...I don& #39;t think they& #39;ll have freedom either. And I think their lives will remain shitty.
And MAYBE that would happen regardless.

But it& #39;s a shame we don& #39;t have actual leadership at the moment.
Oh and the whole cult of that family won& #39;t immediately end.

Though with technology smuggling and most importantly the exposure of outside culture (South Korean television shows, western media, etc) they aren& #39;t entirely ignorant of the world.

But most people
*really* believe. And their criticisms and issues (what we do know of it) are often over the system...not the Dear Leaders.

And over the deprivation and suffering, which they know it& #39;s better elsewhere.

But there& #39;s not a ton of communication due to repression
And the fact that people still are murdered or 3 generations sent to a camp ...so it& #39;s just accounts that are either from people who& #39;ve escaped and told their viewpoints, or the rare footage smuggled out of private convos or workplace discussions
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