Think of communism as a system that loses energy. There was no input of new energy large enough to keep China or USSR running.
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So they were forced to adopt market reform. However NK is small enough China can input energy to maintain buffer state.
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That is a very interesting explanation.
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Are we willing to pay the price to free the north koreans? The average American is not.
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It can't be simply that. We didn't have to pay a price to (relatively) free the Russians and Chinese.
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Are you high?
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I'm guessing with the nuclear element, simply nothing that anybody wants bad enough. Not even the Koreans. Deterrent.
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That can't be it; Russia and China have nuclear weapons too.
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Yes, But nobody wants anything bad enough to risk a nuclear exchange with N Korea.
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The chinese feel it's in their strategic interest to support the DPRK regime.
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This is correct. China doesn't want, among other things, millions of DPRK refugees entering the country.
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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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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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a scary thought for the Middle East in a post-oil world.
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terror, like any other dictatorship of the many that exist, market economy or not
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Mostly, I think, because China finds (or used to find) it's existence convenient.
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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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