• pleiades@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Genuine question, is North Korea considered a monarchy (or monarcho-socialist), considering the Kim family has ruled it uncontested for generations? I know that a lot of stuff you read about North Korea in mainstream news is misinformation/propaganda so I’m curious

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      2 months ago

      Imo it is just a monarchy with a red coat of paint, complete with castes and borderline feudalism. Having said that I do think NK would likely chill out quite a bit if it was left alone to its own devices.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      No, every political position held by members of the Kim family is open to anyone else. They don’t have a competition based electoral system, and instead do consensus building before approval voting.