tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post8354253417297541131..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: riddle me thisKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-69440381436157917652011-12-22T14:28:18.555+09:002011-12-22T14:28:18.555+09:00Perhaps it has something to do with the results of...Perhaps it has something to do with the results of this study.<br /><br />http://josephjsteinberg.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/people-like-choices/<br /><br />“'You’d think that when people are stuck with a system, they’d want to change it more,' says Kay. But in fact, the more stuck they are, the more likely are they to explain away its shortcomings. Finally, a related phenomenon: The less control people feel over their own lives, the more they endorse systems and leaders that offer a sense of order.'"<br /><br />Of course, the study doesn't address authoritarian states explicitly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-78145663339817805732011-12-21T23:23:02.630+09:002011-12-21T23:23:02.630+09:00I have read other accounts that more and more of t...I have read other accounts that more and more of the general population is learning that the official NK indoctrination and dogma has all been lies. <br /><br />Of course just knowing the truth doesn't get you to revolution. I did find it interesting that NK expats in Libya are not being allowed to return home, presumably so that can't bear witness to what a popular uprising can do.<br /><br />In my opinion change will be glacial and come as a result of outside pressure (China). Perhaps as the current NK henchmen die they may be replaced with more progressive (relatively speaking) leaders. I just don't see a bottom-up revolution on the horizon.Johnhttp://www.mccrarey.comnoreply@blogger.com