Dear Reader
The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il
by Michael Malice · first published 2014
33% recommend67% neutral
No country is as misunderstood as North Korea, and no modern tyrant has remained more mysterious than the Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il. Now, celebrity ghostwriter Michael Malice pulls back the curtain to expose the life story of the "Incarnation of Love and Morality." Taken directly from books spirited out of Pyongyang, DEAR READER is a carefully reconstructed first-person account of the man behind the mythology. From his miraculous rainbow-filled birth during the fiery conflict of World War II, Kim Jong Il watched as his beloved Korea finally earned its freedom from the cursed Japanese. Mere yea
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…going "to realize that they are being an oppressive regime" and have an epiphany where they realize, "Hey maybe I'm an evil dictator?" If you are up for reading, I highly recommend Michael Malice's book, Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il . After reading that you will completely understand why "see how long it is until they protest or move" is a silly thing to say. [1] https://smile.amazon.com/Dear-Reader-Unauthorized-Autobiogra...
on “Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over censorship circumvention” ↗…ideology in the article is minimal and they focus on describing the situation of North Koreans. Additionally, most of the talking is done by Michael Malice, who is an author of the book in question (Dear Reader); is he, too, affiliated with that think-tank (honest question)? I don't know him, but from what I read just now he doesn't seem like a rabid ideologue.
on “What’s North Korea like?” ↗I was watching a portion of Michael Malice with Joe Rogan[0]. Michael wrote "Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il". He actually mentions the upper class in NK. It's over 2 and a half hours long, but I like Rogan's interviews they go by pretty fast. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B_idqiEoUE
on “China orders N.K. firms to close down within 120 days” ↗