tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post2727622151960283129..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Classifying North KoreaMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-18255982018721100492013-09-28T08:09:39.843-05:002013-09-28T08:09:39.843-05:00There is a great book by Barbra Bemick about North...There is a great book by Barbra Bemick about North Korea entitled Nothing to Envy. You should read it. Communism is the greatest enemy that monarchists face. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00664415766811995661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-48985248804333777922012-05-04T03:11:49.278-05:002012-05-04T03:11:49.278-05:00I would suggest that the Emperor should first rule...I would suggest that the Emperor should first rule as Emperor of South Korea and North Korea, as separate entities, much like the Early Pharoahs did with Upper and Lower Egypt. My reason for this is to allow North Korea to recover under the Imperial economy, while forcing the two nations to heal slowly as to not shock both places with the sudden reunification.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-85750109140149866722012-05-04T01:44:08.369-05:002012-05-04T01:44:08.369-05:00Barring that, one can always create a North Korean...Barring that, one can always create a North Korean Monarchy that topples the current regime. One that is absolute but not arbitrary, an that graduallyguides the peopel ro Freedm and Prosperity. But just a call.<br /><br />I also know wjhat you eman. I casll Stalin a Repblican and a neo-COn and Liberal will both agree that he wasnt...ZAROVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668854596329493360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-46884321323551056822012-05-04T00:23:18.952-05:002012-05-04T00:23:18.952-05:00I read your first, then second paragraph and by th...I read your first, then second paragraph and by the third you had anticipated my response. Reunification in name with the Emperor as the symbol of unity but keeping both halves of the country apart so the north can begin recovery without dragging down the south. The south can help of course, nothing wrong with that at all.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-11593797918113085282012-05-03T22:43:24.037-05:002012-05-03T22:43:24.037-05:00Although both countries maintain "reunificati...Although both countries maintain "reunification ministries" in their governments and politicians and media on both sides occasionally make public statements touting the abstract notion of unity, it is unlikely to happen under any terms. The North is so absolutely different from the South culturally and socially due to their 6 decades of brainwashing and isolation, that their people could never function in a westernized representative democracy like the south. Allowing 24 million North Koreans to suddenly start voting and sending representatives to the National Assembly in Seoul would totally and fundamentally transform the South Korean government in a terrible way. <br /><br />Aside from the cultural and political issues, there is no way on earth the South could ever afford the staggering cost of redeveloping the North's economy and infrastructure, and you'd also have to face the inevitable humanitarian crisis that would result from millions of North Koreans suddenly deciding to flee south as refugees instead of staying put and waiting around for things to improve. <br /><br />One possible way for it to work might be to re-instate the monarchy and keep the governments separate, under a personal union. The Emperor would reign over North & South, but you'd still have two separate legislatures, two separate court systems, etc. Then, after some decades or so of development, you could start working on political integration. <br /><br />Also - an important thing to point out in the whole "North Korea is really a monarchy" fallacy is that, in every monarchy on earth, the monarch is the Head of State. North Korea has never had a father-to-son transfer of that office, ever. Kim Il-Sung remains the de jure head of state as Eternal President, and is the only one of his family to ever hold the powers of head of state. <br /><br />Since his death in 1994, the actual functions of head of state have been delegated to the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly - Kim Yong-nam (no relation), which is the office that served as head of state prior to the creation of the presidency in 1972.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08368547834849724343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-41331289753217391122012-05-03T18:58:53.357-05:002012-05-03T18:58:53.357-05:00Sorry, I don't allow links to articles attacki...Sorry, I don't allow links to articles attacking existing monarchies. You should know that. I know you don't regard any existing European monarchies as "real" monarchies, you should at least know I consider them to have something within them worth defending and which is preferable to outright republicanism. I've made that as clear as I can, many, many times. To your point on North Korea, I hardly think it is comparable that if we call one country what they themselves claim to be then we must call another country something it not only denies to be but vociferously condemns.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-18144805820667964492012-05-03T15:38:00.412-05:002012-05-03T15:38:00.412-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Firmus et Rusticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029537490294717541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-74060073048817518372012-05-03T14:00:17.733-05:002012-05-03T14:00:17.733-05:00Unfortunately, at this point, reunification would ...Unfortunately, at this point, reunification would be a tremendous drag on the South Korean economy. Consider how far East Germany still lags behind West Germany -and East Germany was probably the most efficient and successful of all the failed communist states, a veritable paradise on earth compared to North Korea. I'm sure many in South Korea would fear that reunification would mean the poverty of the north dragging them down an economic abyss. <br /><br />However, I still advocate the restoration of the monarchy as the best solution. The northern people have been so brainwashed to hate the south that they would, I fear, never go along with any settlement in which South Korea was seen as triumphing over them. By restoring the monarchy reunification could be achieved under a system that predates the Cold War division and grants neither side the status of winners or losers.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-44742061025656647282012-05-03T13:34:50.684-05:002012-05-03T13:34:50.684-05:00The only possible hope for the people of North Kor...The only possible hope for the people of North Korea is reunification with the South, and on the South`s terms. However, i fear this may only ever come about after the defeat of the North in a war on the Korean penninsula, a war which will have devastating consequences far and wide...C. Dominic Rose-Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229931622495395728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-49232053508587182812012-05-03T09:20:20.346-05:002012-05-03T09:20:20.346-05:00North Korea does have a political ancestor, in Sou...North Korea does have a political ancestor, in South America. The Ancient Inca were in many ways very similar. No one had property rights and therefore inheritance, the Sapa-Inca was the final say, with he himself being above the law, and they not only mummified their dead, but burdened the people with the upkeep of the palaces of dead leaders, which they kept on display, ostensibly still in power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-70286755460291830232012-05-03T09:12:14.266-05:002012-05-03T09:12:14.266-05:00North Korea is just a sad country. A perfect exam...North Korea is just a sad country. A perfect example of what can happen when all tradition is replaced with atheism and cult of the dictator. Household pets in most countries have a better quality of life than North Koreans.olioliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695305944834043766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-24201534646913180942012-05-03T03:13:30.752-05:002012-05-03T03:13:30.752-05:00I think people completely overlook auto-definition...I think people completely overlook auto-definition as well. North Korea self-describes as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. So, it is certainly a republic, though no doubt lying about the Democratic part (they do hold elections, but everyone is on the same party list).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com