Blog 2: The Allegory of The Cave through History (Kim Jong-il)

The supporters of Kim Jong-Il (supreme leader of North Korea) are a good example of people living in a "cave". The illusion that these supporters live in is hard for us as outsiders to believe because of how ridiculous they are but to the supporters this is all they have ever known and will most likely will know. The people who support Kim Jong-Il believe that their leader has supernatural powers like that his mood directly affects the weather. His birth is also something straight out of a movie in the sense that once came out of his mothers womb a bright star light up the sky, the seasons changed and rainbows covered the sky. They also believe that many of worlds inventions were due to his brilliance like hamburgers. Now the reason these people belive all this is due to the fact that the government controls all form of media outlets so all the news people get in North Korea is editied to make their country and leaders seem to be at the forefront and top of the world and when people speak out when they find out what the truth is the government is quick to silence and call them not right in the mind and poisoning the rest of the country. With that the supporters don't question the ways, so until the higher powers of North Korea change the citizens will still be in the cave.