The concept of 'paid mourners' in asia is centuries old. You could hire someone to weep at the grave of an ancestor all you wanted, and the rich often did. So this outpouring of grief may be legitimate in some, but I suspect it is a very very very very very very... did I say 'very' yet? very very very very very very very small minority.Only partially true. Whoever has the balls will take the country over. Then if it's not a Kim the media will tell the people what to believe. The NK media is a model of where our media is headed.
North Korea's media is state run, and who ran the state? Kim Jong Il..
Were talking about a totalitarian personality cult dictatorship here.... There is no real government....
Kim Jong Il was Jesus to the North Koreans and no one but his son will run that hell hole. It would take a revolution for that to change and sadly the people of North Korea aren't capable of a revolution because they're too literally brainwashed.
The average North Korean actually believes that they're the center of the universe and the most advanced civilization in history, and they believe Kim Jong il was the greatest leader next to his father ever and the only possible way to keep their reality the way it is - is by bowing to the "dear leader" because he was responsible for it all....
These people are totally loyal as you can see. The guy was evil and these people are crying... They wont accept anyone BUT his son to lead err dictate them er abuse the fuck out of them.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSWN6Qj98Iw]North Koreans weeping hysterically over the death of Kim Jong-il - YouTube[/ame]
The rest are probably paid or threatened shills.
Western ones are just useful idiots without the brains to ask for money to weep openly for their lost leader.
Fitz...I'll bet lots of these folks are victims of Stockhom Syndrome
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riwHaBHnTi0]What is Stockholm Syndrome? (Mental Health Guru) - YouTube[/ame]