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Quite interesting, north korea is as if it's an entirely secular dictatorship. in north korea you might think that was the case since it has an officially communistic ideology, but it's not, it's the most religious state it's possible to imagine. it's actually two people who have been fused into one, maybe this is reminding you of something, there's the father and there's the son. it's one short of a trinity.
-Christopher Hitchens
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Quite Interesting, North Korea Is As If

Christopher Hitchens
Quite interesting, north korea is as if it's an entirely secular dictatorship. in north korea you might think that was the case since it has an officially communistic ideology, but it's not, it's the most religious state it's possible to imagine. it's actually two people who have been fused into one, maybe this is reminding you of something, there's the father and there's the son. it's one short of a trinity.
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