08-06-2017, 06:22 PM
(08-06-2017, 06:10 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: There is a major difference.
The Japanese worshiped their emperor, but he did not develop that cult worship into autocratic power. The war was basically conceived of and ran by Hirohito and a base group of military leaders. There was, at times, a bipolar power struggle between the Emperor and the generals (particularly in the final weeks of the war).
Kim Jung Il sits atop a web of generals who derive power only through his autocratic rule and cult of personalty (i.e. he is the glue that holds them together rather than being an obstacle they sometimes have to work around).
Which do you perceive as more dangerous?
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
