Machiavellian quote that it is better to be feared than to be loved is working for Kim Jong Il big time. A political ideology completely gone bizarre and betrayed with the sands of time is what the North Korean political and social life has been for the 23 million people of that nation for the last fifty-years-plus.( Russia and China are not hardcore communists anymore). The form of government picked by the eternal president, Kim Il Sung was fundamentally flawed. This is a perfect example of "no good intention always has a good result". Remember, Pol Pot trying to turn back the clock/calendar to Year Zero and forsake all the scanty developments to retreat to a full-fledged agrarian utopia. What a twisted interpretation of a French author's philosophy? All these historical true stories remind me of the faithful pet-monkey who cut off its sleeping master's nose while trying to slay a fly with a sword.