In a way this sounds similar to arranged marriages. People never expected to have a choice. They just get what they get and make the most of it, and a lot of them are very happy, long-lasting marriages.
I agree. Western culture encourages individualism and passions, but the people in North Korea are probably blocked from any kind of influence besides their own. From a young age, the people of North Korea are conditioned to follow orders just to survive.
That's assuming they ever had the ability to dream and hope. Beat a man long and hard enough and he'll simply exist, not live.
Though this does remind me of Futurama.
In a way this sounds similar to arranged marriages. People never expected to have a choice. They just get what they get and make the most of it, and a lot of them are very happy, long-lasting marriages.
I agree. Western culture encourages individualism and passions, but the people in North Korea are probably blocked from any kind of influence besides their own. From a young age, the people of North Korea are conditioned to follow orders just to survive.
This makes sense. I forgot that they never actually had any freedoms to begin with.