you know how people say China is communist in name only? I feel like DPRK is the opposite, they technically follow Juche but literally everything is the same from their ML days: command economy, one party state, etc. They are ML in everything but name
Juche doesn’t particularly conflict with ML, before they called it Juche it was Marxism-Leninism-Kim Il Sung thought, basically. Socialism adapted to the conditions of Korea.
I thought they were juche? They understand ML is crucial to the foundations of their society but they dont really identify with it
Their leaders def talk about ML founders with great praise.
Does it make more sense to view ML as a broader umbrella term?
yeah probably. I thought they just stopped calling themselves specifically MLs and moreso juche
you know how people say China is communist in name only? I feel like DPRK is the opposite, they technically follow Juche but literally everything is the same from their ML days: command economy, one party state, etc. They are ML in everything but name
Juche doesn’t particularly conflict with ML, before they called it Juche it was Marxism-Leninism-Kim Il Sung thought, basically. Socialism adapted to the conditions of Korea.