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this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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I can certainly empathize. I have emotions, I'm a human being that feels anger and frustration, and can have that cloud my judgment. In that way, I have a "soul," though to be clear I do not believe in literal souls. However, I do not believe that emotional evaluations supercede rational ones, which is why I can say I would probably feel that way despite understanding it to be incorrect.
As for juche, it's a Korean word. It largely means subjecthood, and can best be described as socialism with Korean characteristics. The party is not a privledged class in the DPRK, it's similar to how it was with the CPSU. Instead, the significance of juche comes from the understanding of man as a social being. It accepts Marxism-Leninism as fundamentally true, but that the soviet method could not be dogmatically copied by the DPRK and thus the conditions in Korea meant it had to adapt.
If I recall correctly, only Party members are allowed to own cars there. Thank God the Chinese have helped out a bit with this lately... though, so far, it’s only been a very small amount.
The same goes for free apartments in upscale neighborhoods. It seems to me that the Party there enjoys far more privileges than the Party did in the USSR.
Do you see what I’m getting at? People don’t strive to achieve success in life; instead, they dream of getting into the Party.
My parents were not Party members. That’s because, in the USSR, the Party was more about unnecessary hassles and responsibilities than it was about privileges—unless, of course, you wanted to climb the Party ladder rapidly. But my parents had no need for that; they were perfectly content with things just as they were.
As far as I know, car ownership isn't limited to party members, and all apartments are free in the DPRK. Those deemed critical enough can get better lodgings, but this is not exclusive to party members.
No one here talks about this.
It is a breadth of emotion, sincerity, a striving toward higher ideals, and the capacity for deep feeling.
Understood, in that case I believe I have a "soul."