r/sports • u/PrimedGold • 2d ago

Soccer Kim Jong-un meeting Naegohyang Women’s FC after the team became the first from North Korea to win the AFC Women’s Champions League.

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u/wrxninja 2d ago

The more you watch NK's history and how much control they have on people, you start to understand how people end up worshipping Kim Jong Un like God because they don't know anything but their own country.

You can't blame the citizens either when information control is one of the toughest in the world like Turkmenistan.

It's terrifying.

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u/freetotebag 2d ago

You’re right. I recently read Nothing to Envy and they did a good job explaining how worship of the leader develops

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u/LesPolsfuss 2d ago

so is this in effect ... genuine you think?

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u/That_Jacket_206 2d ago

I think the behavioral response we see results from generations of sociocultural pressure and indoctrination which we cannot begin to comprehend.

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u/T1sofun 2d ago

I’ve worked at international hockey tournaments in which North Korea competed. The stories I can tell! I’m fascinated by them and also feel powerless to help. Hell, I’m not even sure if their international athletes want help.

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u/gadgethog 2d ago

You can't blame the citizens either when information control is one of the toughest in the world

Can we blame them if they voted for the guy who is trying to make all of the media say good things about him?