alt Hacker NewsDPRK has shown the world how to be small but sovereign: build rockets.
Vietnam, before them, has shown how to get the oppressor out: strong shared identity + play the numbers game.
Iran and Russia have been watching.
It's funny how a govt run by a shadow govt of banker/big-XYZ oligarchy (with some performative democracy on top) is totally legitimate, but a ruler on the other side of the iron curtain is a "dictator" :)
Are we really fucking serious about running defense for North Korea. I think you need to dunk your head in a bucket of ice water