[fndex]

I'm not the one insinuating that North Koreans are indoctrinated into thinking the great leader has magic powers. You should be the ones to present the sources to such bizarre claims.

Jesus, the guy is saying people are indoctrinated into thinking the great leader "didn’t defecate ever". Do you really think North Koreans are that stupid and have zero biology knowledge? Or maybe, uh, this is just fake? Pure propaganda? Are you really that dumb to believe something like that?

[FormerBandmate]

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/story-of-a-former...

Yoyre like someone who thinks gravity doesn’t exist. Literally everyone knows this, they’re not stupid, they’re lied to their entire lives. There are tons of defectors who will back this up and you can’t talk to anyone in North Korea outside of carefully guided tours set up by the state

[fndex]

And what does this article proof? Again, it has zero evidence. If everyone knows, should be easy to back up your claims with atual evidence.

[smithsps]

This thread feels almost like a fever dream.

"Hey, I have some doubts that the DPRK isn't Satan incarnate."

"You do realize that's the same as not believing in gravity right!?"

Alright, let me setup a experiment in my room to divine their mathematical _evil_ constant.

[CWuestefeld]

I suspect that it's not that they really believe Kim has never pooped, but that doesn't mean that North Koreans don't tell each other these stories. I think it might be closer to "Chuck Norris Facts" that we tell ourselves. Obviously nobody believes any of those things about Chuck Norris, but we continue to do so, and in so doing confer to Norris some degree of reverence.

Or maybe even more mundanely, it's like Santa Claus. Adults don't believe that he lives at the north pole with flying reindeer. But we continue to teach children that he does - not because it's literally true, but because we seem to feel that having children believe this somehow makes our culture better.

I imagine that similarly, Kim is getting this reverence - but since it's channeled into a framework of him being their supreme leader, it reinforces his hold on the nation.

[fndex]

That is a much better analysis. I believe they do have some weird cult of personality going on, but that is very different from being "indoctrinated".