Re:As Economy Grows, North Korea's Grip on Society Weakens
by nl on Monday May 01, 2017 @03:51AM
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Ten years is actually a pretty long time for it to take a popular leader to destroy a functioning democracy.
There are numerous examples of democracies collapsing from what seemed a stable state much quicker than that.
The collapse of the French Fourth Republic in 1958 is a good example[1]. In that case it led to another democracy, but that is only because the army wanted de Gaulle, and de Gaulle was happy to be president in a parliamentary system.
There are numerous examples of democracies collapsing from what seemed a stable state much quicker than that.
The collapse of the French Fourth Republic in 1958 is a good example[1]. In that case it led to another democracy, but that is only because the army wanted de Gaulle, and de Gaulle was happy to be president in a parliamentary system.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic#Algeria...