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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 1 May 2015

    Can a totalitarian dictator be undermined by smuggled bits of Western pop culture? Not so far-fetched. http://www.wired.com/2015/03/north-korea/ … via @WIRED

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      1. Mike Staresinic‏ @MikeStaresinic 15 May 2015
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        @sapinker @OsloFF @WIRED it all adds up. Short answer no, long answer possibly

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      1. andrea‏ @NWlady28 3 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED That article on smuggling pop culture into #NorthKorea is both fascinating and sad. I sure hope Baby-Fat Kim gets his due.

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      1. Michael Wiley‏ @MinneMike 3 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED One can hope

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      1. Paul‏ @ryangranite 3 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED genius: could save a fortune on deterrents and would drive your enemy insane if played in anger

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      1. Frank Reinthaler‏ @FrankReinthaler 3 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED We did it before with Western pop music & TV vs. the Eastern Bloc countries in the 1980s, so, yes, of course it can.

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      1. Ott‏ @OttSoom 3 May 2015
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        @sapinker My parent had a similar experience with Finnish tv, it confirmed what everyone knew anyway tough, that the soviet union was f up.

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      1. sayeed anjum‏ @asanjum 3 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED Does the west indulge in conspiracies to further its ideological or hegemonic goals? Here is one more data point.

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      1. Martin Ingvar‏ @ProfIngvar 3 May 2015
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        Det finns hopp “@sapinker: Can a totalitarian dictator be undermined by smuggled bits of Western pop culture? http://www.wired.com/2015/03/north-korea/ … ”

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      1. माया‏ @libre_et_suisse 3 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED Dallas destroyed the USSR, so why not?

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      1. Ralston Thorn‏ @thornralston 3 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED far fetched. The US will smuggle guns and money too.

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      1. Don Raymond‏ @dementeddon 1 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED we will bury you! In Guess jeans and bootleg DVDs!

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      2. FordSpottedSasquatch‏ @lbsasquatch 1 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED What happened with the last few dictators we undermined? Things got much worse, right?

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      3. Lieutenant Kijé‏ @BrianLemaire2 1 May 2015
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        @lbsasquatch @sapinker @WIRED In this case, North Korean escapees are working to undermine the dictator.

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      1. Jason Catlin‏ @catlin201 1 May 2015
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        @sapinker @WIRED We'll have to wait and see. To be honest, I say they'll be overthrown from within, but for reasons unrelated to Friends.

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