• GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    It literally has handed power down from father to son twice.

    It has had sons win elections and then hold the office twice. We can call it dynastic in a sense similar to US political dynasties, but that's different from being literally hereditary.

    As the citizens cannot advocate for a change in leaders, a change in direction of the party or an entirely new political system

    Citation needed

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Their elections have been observed many times by different external bodies and are an example of consensus democracy.

        • gowan@reddthat.com
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          1 year ago

          Do you have a source for that claim because I have only seen the opposite from elections experts. The fact that almost every single person votes is of course a MASSIVE red flag.

          • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            I believe participation is mandatory, like in Australia, and given the travel limitations (the part of a percent that doesn't vote are usually people traveling), it makes sense that it would be so high. Of course, since we have a wonderful freedom of speech in this country where the rich are free to buy media companies and promote the stories they want to promote, the idea of actually investigating the elections for a purpose other than vilification is hardly going to creep into search engine results. Here's a compilation of sources that attempt to explore it from that angle:

            https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/socialism_faq.md#is-the-dprk-a-fascist-monarchy

            Archive of a dead link: https://archive.ph/aMJCI