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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2017

    Why has North Korea remained a Stalinist dictatorship? Is it because there's nothing the rest of the world wants from North Korea?

    5:11 AM - 24 Feb 2017
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      2. Brock M Cusick, Esq.‏ @bmcusick 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Think of communism as a system that loses energy. There was no input of new energy large enough to keep China or USSR running.

        1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes
      3. Brock M Cusick, Esq.‏ @bmcusick 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @bmcusick @paulg

        So they were forced to adopt market reform. However NK is small enough China can input energy to maintain buffer state.

        2 replies 1 retweet 28 likes
      4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @bmcusick

        That is a very interesting explanation.

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
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      2. Mark Essien‏Verified account @markessien 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Are we willing to pay the price to free the north koreans? The average American is not.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @markessien

        It can't be simply that. We didn't have to pay a price to (relatively) free the Russians and Chinese.

        3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. Eric Lawrence  🎻‏ @ericlaw 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg @markessien

        Are you high?

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      2. gus haye‏ @_haye_ 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        I'm guessing with the nuclear element, simply nothing that anybody wants bad enough. Not even the Koreans. Deterrent.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @_haye_

        That can't be it; Russia and China have nuclear weapons too.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. gus haye‏ @_haye_ 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Yes, But nobody wants anything bad enough to risk a nuclear exchange with N Korea.

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      2. This Charming Typhon‏ @TyphonBaalAmmon 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        The chinese feel it's in their strategic interest to support the DPRK regime.

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. Ethan Fletcher‏ @ethanfletcher 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @TyphonBaalAmmon @paulg

        This is correct. China doesn't want, among other things, millions of DPRK refugees entering the country.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        I can't describe it in precise terms but if you really want to understand it you have to start with China

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      3. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @visakanv @paulg

        this reddit comment has the right idea overall:https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/2q19bu/why_hasnt_anyone_done_anything_about_north_korea/ …

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      1. Robby Grossman‏ @freerobby 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        a scary thought for the Middle East in a post-oil world.

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      1. Ramon Suarez‏Verified account @ramonsuarez 24 Feb 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        terror, like any other dictatorship of the many that exist, market economy or not

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      1. Lumifer‏ @lumiferrous 24 Feb 2017
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        Mostly, I think, because China finds (or used to find) it's existence convenient.

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      1. Nick Hoddinott‏ @nickhoddinott 24 Feb 2017
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        No carrot in the form of natural resources. No stick in the form of real military power.

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