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minus-squareFluffyPotatolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·7 months agoNorth Korea is essentially a monarchy
minus-squareKühe sind toll@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s not a monarchy. It’s a regime with a dictator. Kim Jong un isn’t their king. Just a dictator.
minus-squareFluffyPotatolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoA monarchy is just a hereditary dictatorship.
minus-squareKühe sind toll@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt is, but it’s a formal difference. A King and a dictator are two completely different things.
minus-squareFluffyPotatolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoIf the dictatorship is hereditary then what is the difference?
North Korea is essentially a monarchy
It’s not a monarchy. It’s a regime with a dictator. Kim Jong un isn’t their king. Just a dictator.
A monarchy is just a hereditary dictatorship.
It is, but it’s a formal difference. A King and a dictator are two completely different things.
If the dictatorship is hereditary then what is the difference?