Infiltrating North Korea Part 9: Worshiping at the Altar of Kim

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> For an atheist nation, I never would have expected such religious devotion.

Nature hates a vacuum. When you take away the traditional gods, people use the next best thing available. And if this love is mandatory - even more so.

Although I'd guess there is a number of people in this procession who don't really feel a thing - they just do it because 1) not to do it is dangerous or 2) everyone else is doing it. It looks like there were mostly organized groups there? Students on a field trip, soldiers on a field trip, etc. - they have no choice really ...

Ah, just thinking out loud :)

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