The 10 most decadent dictators, article.
1. Kim Jong-il, "Dear Leader" of North Korea since 1994. The son of the communist state's "Great Leader", Kim Jong-il has super-expensive tastes, with 17 palaces and collections of hundreds of cars and about 20,000 video tapes. On one state visit to Russia, he reportedly had live lobsters airlifted daily to his armoured private train. He is believed to spend around $650,000 a year on Hennessy VSOP cognac and maintains an entourage of young lovelies known as the "Pleasure Brigade"
I'd say this at least makes Dear Leader sound less dangerous to other countries. If he likes luxury, he is a little lazy too, and also he knows that any major instability would threaten his lifestyle. I would be much more worried about a man who's a hard ascetic.
He is a bit strange, and apparently also dead/dying/ill/has the flu/paralised or some such. I wouldn't doing his job for a little while!
ReplyDeleteI would be much more worried about a man who's a hard ascetic.
ReplyDeleteA man with a lifestyle like that would do almost anything to maintain it. He'd probably be as dangerous as the ascetic.