Chinese and Vietnamese (ex-communist) political elites didn't need to flee. There's no obvious reason why Kim's team should have to.
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Replying to @slaavski @Outsideness
You see Kim's selfie pic? It's the face of a man on holiday. If he thinks, with good reason, that he can have an honourable retirement that resembles his Singapore trip, that could work.
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Replying to @TaeilEatsBacon @topynate
Why is unification the goal? It's the best way to squander the gains of Reform and Opening. Look at the horrible German precedent. Korea would be worse. ...
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Replying to @TaeilEatsBacon @topynate
Try to jump North Koreans into spoiled South Koreans, without probably two decades+ of working their way up to it, and the whole of the coming development explosion is wasted. ...
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Replying to @Outsideness @topynate
... This is the dilemma that has stalled everything up to this point. How to stop Northerners seeing the South, saying "Fuck, we really screwed up, didn't we?" and going berserk about it. ...
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... Nothing seriously analogous to that happening in the opening processes of China (wrt Taiwan) or Vietnam has been essential to both working. ...
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Replying to @Outsideness @topynate
... You can't build a development explosion directly on top of national humiliation.
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