Dear Comrade

Dear Comrade the Leader Episode 234

Chapter 83. I’m trying to eat all of this.

-Ah, there sports comrades! These days, I hear that you often meet with American and Western media. Didn’t the Joseon people have to solve the problems of the Korean people on their own?

– Hey, it’s noisy! But are the comrades in the Juche system reflecting on the fact that the entire struggle of our Hakchongryon is not supported by the people and is denigrated because of their backward ideology? While our movement is devoting itself to Hak Chong-ryun, the comrades in that area don’t often protest!

-no… … !!! In the first place, it was the head of your affiliated company who struggled to negotiate with the Ministry of Public Security, but who is now shifting the blame? You were the one who suggested that we hold hands and suppress the labor union in the first place, but have you ever shown any leadership power to take responsibility for this school?

– Is that why we broke it down because we wanted to break it down? It’s because the working-class traitors ran out of this school and made a fuss over there in the Ministry of Public Security and the propaganda and agitation department! And pay attention to the word, leadership, such a pre-modern and non-democratic use of words and actions that are totally inappropriate as a member of our Hakchon-ryon, which elected the leadership through a democratic process… … .

– God damn it! I couldn’t eat it anymore! In the first place, it didn’t make sense that our main system joined hands with your athletic circles! Ten years ago, the movement and labor circles were all considered reactionary and should have been educated on revolutionization at the correctional center, but we lost our minds! Where are you guys doing well in the future?

As the spring of that year, marked by protests, turns into summer, another second division following the departure of the Hakchongryon, which had been an unstable cohabitation since its establishment, is still being talked about even in the distant future.

Some say it was because foreigners and the main system that caused an almost unconditional allergic reaction to the movement of the movement that realized the importance of public opinion wars and started chasing foreign media resisted.

Some say that the Juche system, who was just disappointed by the sluggish negotiations promoted by the movement, began to feel serious pressure on their livelihood. Also, some say that all the reasons overlapped and overlapped.

However, the consensus of all those people was that the withdrawal of the Juche system from the Hak Chongryon following the labor circle was so obvious that it occurred within a year at the latest.

In fact, this was easy to predict even if you were not a political expert. In the first place, regardless of the Juche ideology and factional ideology of the Juche system, popularism shared by most of the movement was impossible to coexist.

The Juche idea that the people are perfected as the leader, that is, the leadership system based on individual consensus, representative democracy- or democratic centralization system was the opposite of the polar opposites, and the movement system and the subject system that were far different from the members’ origins did not separate in the past. It was only for political reasons.

And such a political necessity was more acute on the part of the Juche system, and since the movement realized the importance of the Great Opinion War in the future struggle, they would throw away the Juche system, which has now become a cumbersome burden in the political alliance, at any time from the Hakchongryon. I was just looking for an excuse.

Also, it was not natural that the main system was attached to the movement because it was ‘reactionary to a single strike even 10 years ago’, and the moment they left Hakchongryon, they said that they were just ‘remnants of the old era that could not be politically independent’. It was because I was vaguely aware of the fact.

However, since the main system, which has always been treated as an enemy within the Hakchongryon, was also a gathering of military officers, political officers, and generals who were once the chosen elite of the republic, the moment they decided to leave the Hakchongryon, the main system leaders rolled their heads and rolled their heads. He succeeded in creating a political move to explore the viability of

-Think about it, comrades, now the people are crazy over the sweetness of capitalism that the reactionaries in the party blind the general secretary and the spies of the US imperialists. In the current situation, if we tell these people to return to the Juche ideology, only us will hear a lot of ridicule.

-You have to think strategically. As long as we make good use of the fact that there are many people who miss the old republic and have indescribable dissatisfaction with the current republic under the general secretary system, but are reluctant to agree with these two reactionaries in the movement, we will be able to eat our rice bowls. you can keep it

After such calculations, the strategy they chose for the Juche system was to gently pull back the ‘Juche idea’, which was strongly rejected by the people, and to put forward a ‘model’ that was similar but more familiar to the general public.

And that model was the dead Kim Il-sung.

-Comrades! Today, our main system, no, the ‘Chosun Suryong Patriotic Front’ is declaring independence from Hak Chongryon, a group of reactionary and dissident elements in the world! Our patriotic front, the founding ideology of the front, follows and follows the path of Comrade Kim Il-sung, the greatest man of the Korean nation, who died, and we hope for the active and ‘material’ participation of ordinary people who share our will!

-??!!?!?! So, whether it’s when you’re in the Hakchongryun or now you’re out, that’s not what it is.

– It’s different! Our Patriotic Front! Not the Juche idea! Commemorating and following the path of Comrade Kim Il-sung! A gathering of revolutionary patriotic warriors defending the Republic!

– So that’s not what it was. Whether it is following comrade Kim Il-sung or following the Juche ideology, that’s it… … .

– Oh, you’re not saying it’s definitely different! Anyway, our Patriotic Front has nothing to do with Juche ideology! I only follow Comrade Kim Il-sung!

At the commemoration ceremony of the founding of the Patriotic Front, where the portrait of Kim Il-sung (which was once hung on all public institutions and households in the republic, but has now become a lost relic) in large print, Juche figures said, as above, ‘We are not interested in the Juche idea’. made clear the route.

Considering that Kim Il-sung is actually the alpha and omega of the Juche idea, it was an absurd declaration that he could not even fit into the pun axis, but surprisingly, this marketing strategy of the Patriotic Front paid off.

Mainly middle-aged people over the age of 40 or 50, phone calls for membership registration poured in, and the Patriotic Front’s sponsorship account was filled with small pockets of money, saying, ‘Please use it to put the country back in its place’, just like the days of the anti-Japanese independence struggle. it started.

The introduction of the market economy system meant that all people no longer had to sit still and wait for a small amount of rations, but they had to compete to protect their bowls.

And in the competitive system, there were inevitably going to be people who didn’t have talent, couldn’t adapt to the times, or just had bad luck.

These were mainly elderly people who did not learn how to survive in the competitive system, or who had learned how to carry the burden.

Older generations, thus marginalized from society, were nostalgic as they recalled (very glorified) memories of an era that young people born in the Kim Jeong-hwan era could not remember, but the Patriotic Front accurately pierced that sentiment.

– In the days of President Kim Il-sung, there was no such thing… … .

-The old days were good… … I still don’t know what the Juche ideology is, but it would have been great if Comrade the President was still alive… … .

Of course, to tell the truth, the current standard of living and income of the elderly who lived in the Kim Il-sung era as well as the young people born after the 1980s have improved to an incomparable degree from before, but the original memories cannot be objective.

And the Patriotic Front, who was brave enough to respond to such a popular response, boldly threw out red handouts that read, ‘Let’s bring back Comrade Kim Il-sung, who lives in the hearts of our comrades!’

It was a scene that was hard to imagine just a few months ago, but now the Juche system is becoming the most popular and successful group among the world sects of Hak Chongryon.

The Ministry of Public Security, who had been waiting for an hour to watch the labor and movement circles fighting fiercely, and Jeong-hwan behind him could not help but pay attention.

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“I admit it. comrades. To be honest, I didn’t expect this either.”

“It’s the same with us, Comrade General Secretary. I can’t believe that there are still so many people in the Republic who deeply miss President Kim Il-sung… … .”

“More than anything else, the senior generals and military officers of the People’s Army who once said they would hold the red flag at the forefront… … It is quite surprising that ‘ideological flexibility’ is so excellent.”

It was the answer of Jang Seong-taek and Baek Seung-cheol, a mixture of half despair and half cynicism to Jung-hwan’s confession, not a confession.

Seeing that the members of the Politburo silently nodded their heads as they read the report of the Ministry of Public Security, which described the recent activity and growth of the Patriotic Front in front of them, it seemed that they generally had the same idea.

And, of course, Jeonghwan couldn’t help but admire the creative strategy of the Patriotic Front, even a little.

‘I mean, it’s nothing else, and you’re thinking of promoting Kim Il-sung and the Juche idea separately. Still, it was unexpected that they would abandon their ideology as a signboard so quickly.

Such a strategy of the main system (no, now to be called Kim Il-Sung-Gye) is nonsense when you think about it logically, but the cases of borrowing and using only that image apart from the actual and objective actions of great men are Korea or anywhere, even if it is not limited to this republic. very common

Moreover, in the first place, it is not allowed to question the logical coherence of the Juche idea itself, and ‘It doesn’t matter whether your comrade understands or not. Just shut up and believe.’ Wasn’t that the caution?

This is because, even within the Juche systems, which are the parties involved, there were hardly any people who truly understood the Juche idea and adopted it as a belief, and the very few who understood the absurdity of the Juche idea kept their mouths shut.

So, in terms of political expansion alone, it was clear that putting Kim Il-sung to the fore rather than the Juche idea was a mean but wise strategy.

I was watching from the side that the movement that belonged to the same Hakchongryon failed to do so now and was losing support from the people. And Jeonghwan made his own guesses.

But that was it, and it was also clear that the growth of the Patriotic Front should not be left unattended.

“It seems that these comrades on the Patriotic Front will have to use their hands before raising their number further. As you know, if you leave the Patriotic Front as it is… … .”

“… … It could be even more dangerous than the sports world or the labor world. Don’t worry, we already have a plan in place. Comrade Hwang here is the countermeasure. No, should I say it is one of the measures?”

At Jeonghwan’s words, the Politburo executives’ eyes shifted to a rare customer sitting at the table all at once.

The customer looked around, sweating profusely, as if he did not know why he was called to this place, and as the eyes of the left were focused on him, he was even more embarrassed and cramping around his wrinkled lips.

The person who once served as the chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly and was at the center of power, but now retired to the periphery of Kim Il-sung and was left behind was Hwang Jang-yop, the founder of the Juche idea and the current president of Kim Dae-jung.

“… … Yeah? Comrade General Secretary, I’m sorry, but this old man doesn’t know what kind of instruction you are trying to give… … .”

“Think about it, comrades. Have you ever thought about what President Kim Il-sung and the Juche ideology are like in this republic, and to the Patriotic Front and its followers?”

Without waiting for Hwang Jang-yeop’s answer, Jeong-hwan continued speaking without hesitation, and the executives all at once did not say anything and looked only at Jeong-hwan’s mouth.

And again, Junghwan did not wait for their answers this time and gave the answer himself.

“Let me summarize briefly. President Kim Il-sung and the Juche ideology are rice bowls for the Patriotic Front. You could call it a spoon, fork, or knife.”

“Rice bowl… … !!”

“… … It’s simple when you think about it, isn’t it? Then the really clever idea of separating the Juche idea from President Kim Il-sung is understandable. Because the bigger and stronger the rice bowl, the better. In a nutshell, this means that we want to make a living.”

First of all, Jung-hwan’s behavior of comparing his father, Kim Il-sung, to a rice bowl without attaching any honorifics to him would have been a remark, no matter how incumbent even the current supreme leader.

But no one in this place dared to imagine such a thing.

Kim Il-sung is a dead power already buried in the ground, but Jeong-hwan is a living, breathing, supreme leader who exercises living power.

Moreover, the power and authority he exercises is based on real and verifiable achievements, not on vain ideological towers like Kim Il-sung or Kim Jong-il.

In other words, considering all the achievements he has made since he came to power, even if the real President Kim Il-sung comes back to life and walks out of the grave, Jeong Hwan can confidently assert that the loyalty of the party members will be directed to which of the two. .

“For them, the Juche ideology is a nostalgia for their bright past, a political foundation that will solidify their social position in reality, and a means of livelihood that will solve the food that will be in their mouths right away. And in fact, the same is true of President Kim Il-sung. So in order to weaken them, we have to hold a funeral for President Kim Il-sung once more.”

“… … What if it’s a funeral?”

“The funeral in the physical sense has already been held once during my inauguration, so a funeral in the social sense! There shouldn’t be cases like Comrade Marx, Comrade Stalin, and Comrade Mao over there in China, where the dead but their legacy walks through the world of the living.”

At Jeonghwan’s words, all respect was removed, some of the party officials poked out their tongues saying that the general secretary was a cold-blooded person without blood or tears, but some realized the meaning of those words and their ruthless pragmatism. shook his head.

However, there was one problem with this method.

“Hmmm, but as the general secretary knows… … It is impossible for our party and comrades to directly manage that ‘funeral’. Even though many of the people hate the Juche ideology, which most of the people do not understand, there are still many people who adore the deceased President. … .”

“right. In the party, anyway, still a large part of my support among the people is based on being the official heir of the deceased president. But isn’t that something I can’t do with my own mouth? The dead must be subdued with the dead.”

“A dead man is a dead man… … ? What the heck are you talking about… … .”

“Well, what does this mean?”

With those words, Jeonghwan took a roll of paper from the drawer and threw it in the center of the table.

The moment they read the letters on the cover of the manuscript, which was about the thickness of the complete book of the world’s greatest men, the eyes of the Politburo executives grew as large as a plate.

On the front cover of the manuscript it was written:

[President Kim Il-sung’s biography]

– Kim Jong-il and Hwang Jang-yup (co-authored)

“Comrade General Secretary… … Kim-Jung-il… … Oh my gosh, General Kim Jong-il, my name is… … .”

“Comrades, let’s make it official right here. The deceased General Kim Jong-il has long had a critical eye on his father, President Kim Il-sung, and the Juche ideology and guiding ideology of his father, and has been writing academic criticisms on them.”

“… … yes?”

“It’s what you hear. There’s nothing really weird about it. As all the people of the Republic know, the deceased General Kim Jong-il inherited the superior qualities of President Kim Il-sung, graduated with the highest degree in the Department of Political Economy at Kim University, and wrote many famous books from his youth. I mean, it’s also this time. So, even if he found something wrong in his father’s Juche idea, it’s understandable. Isn’t that right?”