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File this under the ‘HOLY GOD, OUR WORLD IS CHANGING,’ file. Or the hidden CIA assassination file. Kim Jong Il has kicked the bucket.
North Korea’s fearless leader, who stressed the importance of military prowess over things like feeding his citizens died doing the thing that he loved the most – inspecting things while riding a train. If we could all die riding trains, perhaps the world would look more like North Korea. There’s no real downside to this, the world is absent another dictator, but in fairness…it takes a tremendous amount of quirkiness to be a world dictator and try to direct films simultaneously. And spend 7 million dollars on Hennessy. And have your propaganda teams talk about how much of an amazing golfer you are, just to make the people more servile?
North Korea is a weird, weird place. Made all the more mercurial by Jong Il’s presence. He took over years ago as part of his father’s succession chain, and you know what they say about rich kids? How they’re completely useless and sometimes insane? Kim Jong Il lived up to that reputation entirely.
In North Korea, everybody was crying and making a scene – and now Kim Jong Un will take over.
Will he be just as crazy? Only time will tell.
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