The North Korean government’s totalitarianism predates Ninteen Eighty-Four. North Korea might have been an input for Nineteen Eighty-Four, mind…
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meco03211@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Did they read 1984 and think, “This is a fantastic idea!”?
tal@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
The book does predate the North Korean utter totalitarianism. Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in 1949, the year after the Democratic People’s Republic was founded. It was based on the Stalinist Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Looks around modern day
You uh…you think N Korea is the only ones?
yucandu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They’re definitely among the worst.