Hur mycket socialism är juche?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juche
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Juche was originally regarded as a variant of Marxism–Leninism until Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung's son and successor, declared it a distinct ideology in the 1970s.
Dvs man såg det själva som Marxism–Leninism tills man valde att genomföra en rent formalistisk omklassificering till en egen politisk ideologi.
Det som juche inkluderar som inte Marxism–Leninism har är den självständiga staten. Dvs man försöker inte dra ned andra länder i träsket. Jag ser väl inte riktigt att det gör NK mindre socialistiskt. Jag känner iaf inte till att det skulle vara ett tungt bivillkor för socialism.
when Kim Il Sung, having established a cult of personality,[19] sought to develop his own version of Marxism–Leninism and solidify his position within the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)
Här ser man att dom ser juche som en variant av Marxism–Leninism.
14 April 1965, when Kim Il Sung gave a speech in Indonesia entitled "On Socialist Construction in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the South Korean Revolution"
Socialist Construction talar man om i kommunikation med utomstående.
Kim Jong Il also emphasized the importance of technological independence[34] and self-sufficiency in resources. However, he stated that this did not rule out "economic cooperation" between socialist states.
Även om dom nu avser att vara självförsörjande så utesluter som inte samarbete mellan socialist stater. Dvs dom ser sig själva som socialist stat.
Kim Jong Il argued that it was acceptable for socialist states to receive military aid from their allies, but such aid would only be effective if the state is militarily strong in its own right.
Socialist stater som dom själva kan således ta emot militärt bistånd under vissa förutsättningar.
"Socialism of Our Style" (우리식사회주의), also referred to as Korean-style socialism and our-style socialism within North Korea, is an ideological concept Kim Jong Il introduced on 27 December 1990 in the speech "Socialism of Our Country is a Socialism of Our Style as Embodied by the Juche Idea"
Vår egen variant av socialism således. Skulle inte det vara socialism då?