Since the mid-20th century, North Korea’s domestic politics have centered on the idea that the whole world is out to get them, and therefore they must be fiercely independent from outside influence. Openly asking for international aid would be like admitting defeat against all their political enemies, real and imagined. Nobody in power is going to do that.
But they could do it and not tell the people.
It might not be that easy to keep it a secret
A handful of ultra-rich people would lose a little bit of power and their entire social structure would collapse. That country won’t open back up without tremendous suffering, especially as long as the rich people in power stay rich and powerful by keeping things the way they are.
Similar to everywhere else.
Yup. If red, brown, and cash fascism are all focused on extorting the many while benefiting the elite through corruption and repression, then is capitalism really a way to improvement?
Because that would result in regime change. The interests of the rulers and the interests of the country are not aligned.
It’s simple, the people who need help are not in charge. Those who are in control, benefit from the horrible situation they put everyone else through. The entire country thinks the kims are gods.
Edit: not the entire country but that’s the dogma and it’s heavily enforced.
They got a bunch of aid back in the 90s fwiw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s_North_Korean_famine
They already get lots of money without admitting their system sucks.
You assume those in charge are interested in helping out the average citizen, they aren’t.
It’s been a while, but there used to be a joke that whenever NK needed an aid package, they would fire off a missile. This was in the years before the world went bugfuck right wing crazy
The leadership would not stay in power if they did that.
Juche. That’s why. A fucked, corrupt and nihilistic interpretation of Juche.
It’d open the floodgates for “”“aid”“” that actually aims to put up a far-right capitalist dictatorship.
Socialist states only take aid from other socialist states and stateless communist societies.
Is the stateless communist society in the room with us now? Can you give an example?
