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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
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For all it's faults, I think what will ultimately bring North Korea out of its current state is a reform similar to that of China's. Yes, they still have issues, but China today is a lot more open than it ever was before. With the advent of internet and smartphones, the government in China is more kept in check by it's populace than it ever was. Yes, there is still the Great Firewall of China to contend with, but honestly, it's not going to keep the people who want to be informed out. The government in China also knows this, so it treads carefully now.
With everyone having a smartphone at their disposal, government officials can no longer blatantly abuse their own power in public without it being filmed by a ton of cameras and posted on the internet. Government officials have had to frequently come out and publically apologize for their actions now. Now that the cat is out of the bag, there's no way the average Chinese citizen will be willing to go back how it was before.