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Kim Jong Il’s Legacy

2011 December 19
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by max

I can’t think of a better way to sum it up.  Via Ezra Klein:

Look at North Korea and South Korea.  These are the same people, distinct only in type and quality of government.  This is perhaps the starkest example of just how much who’s in charge matters.

UPDATE: Who’s willing to bet that this guy is going to be any better than his father?

Not me.

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  • Anonymous

    Some particularly insane Progressives would say that the North Koreans care more about environment. You know, the same bunch of dimwits that turn the lights off on the Earth Day?

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  • Anonymous

    Msapozhn, I guess you were being sarcastic, but if you actually compare total environmental footprint of North and South Korea, the North has a far less grevious impact on nature, climate change in particular. In the long term, it will be interesting to see which practice is more sustainable.