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Old 08-10-2017, 01:00 PM   #7753
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I don't think it really matters, even if the sanctions were fully enforced it wouldn't dissuade them from building their weapons. I don't think unrest from shortages will happen when they see him as a god.
It really depends on the effect of the sanctions. When the North Korean people were starving in the 1990's owing largely to drought, the "government" had to effectively allow a sort of unofficial capitalism in the form of the black market to take hold, in order to avoid catastrophe.

So if you squeezed tight enough, it's possible that the people would revolt. There are two wrinkles there. One, it's pretty easy to galvanize your people against a foreign oppressor like the USA if they're actually the ones causing you to go hungry. Two, the international community is understandably hesitant to exert pressure on the North Korean government by causing its citizens to suffer and die.
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