Why Revolution Can’t Come to North Korea

http://techonomy.com/2012/11/why-revolution-cant-come-to-north-korea/

by adampludwig70 • 14 years ago

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shin_lao2• 14 years ago

Right. Because no country ever had a revolution before Twitter and Facebook existed.

Nursie2• 14 years ago

My thoughts exactly.

I agree that these technologies make it easier, because you have unmonitored (or at the very least uncontrolled) avenues of communication, but revolution hasn't only happened in the last ten years!

acuozzo4• 14 years ago

What do you have to say about the comment left by crusso above?

crusso2• 14 years ago

The problem is that the government has access to near modern levels of communication and military equipment, but there's no equalizer on the peoples' side.

The power and ability gap between the Government and the People in North Korea is probably the largest that has existed in history.

shin_lao2• 14 years ago

The asymmetry always existed. Weapons, education, means of transportation...

mikeash2• 14 years ago

No insight, no new information, not worth the time it takes to read.

acuozzo4• 14 years ago

This might be true if you're Lieutenant Commander Data, but both I and others believe that reframing ``old'' information often results in something of value. If it makes you think differently (or think at all!), then it's most certainly ``worth the time it takes to read''.

mikeash2• 14 years ago

That is why I led with "no insight". If it was an insightful analysis of existing information, that would be great, but it's not.

thejf• 14 years ago

Indeed, would the French revolution have even happened without all the bad press the royal family got from Marie Antoinette's tweets and the subsequent flashmob at La Bastille? And the American revolution's well-attended "Boston Tea Party" Facebook event?

acuozzo4• 14 years ago

It might not have happened if the French government used a modern (2012) system of surveillance utilizing both technology and social networks; filled labor camps with dissenting individuals and their entire respective families; and regularly executed anyone attempting to escape. France __never__ got as bad as North Korea is today.

The author did focus too much on the enabling power of the WWW, but don't dismiss the plight of the North Korean people because of his mistake(s).

mml• 14 years ago

Nit: The entirety of the Korean peninsula is referred to as the "Hermit Kingdom", dating back to the Joseon dynasty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit_kingdom

This error is a stupid example, but the entirety of this post is a bit breathless.

acuozzo4• 14 years ago

I think the term more accurately describes the north nowadays, so why not use it?

The DPRK deserves to be ridiculed.

maeon3• 14 years ago

prisoners stuck in prison. can't get out because the guards are immoral totalitarian rulers and will do anything to preserve their prison. Giving them internet may be a mistake. they will use it to rule with a unobtanium fist rather than an iron fist.

Why Revolution Can’t Come to North Korea

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