1984 North Korea Totalitarianism

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Governmentally, North Korea is similar to Oceania as it has some totalitarian socialism elements, despite titles implying a worker-led/communist democratic republic. Nevertheless, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un of the Workers' Party of Korea invades the individual's private sphere in some aspects of life while the Party monitors all life aspects in 1984. Thereupon, other totalitarian elements in North Korea include people participating in their own oppression (followers), muscles (nuclear/ballistic weapon testing/flexing), propaganda (the artifact), scapegoats (defectors and people near test sites), and ignorance—of the loss of internet, freedom, and the outside world. For example, the artifact mentions