since North Korean media declared Kim Jong-il reincarnation Kim Il Sun — Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens

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Not since North Korean media declared Kim Jong-il to be the reincarnation of Kim Il Sung has there been such a blatant attempt to create a necrocracy, or perhaps mausolocracy, in which a living claimant assumes the fleshly mantle of the departed.

Christopher Hitchens

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Related Topics: bolivarianism, death, exhumation, hugo-chavez, kim-il-sung, kim-jong-il, media, media-of-north-korea, north-korea, reincarnation, simon-bolivar

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