The Dictator's Playbook S01E01 - Kim Il Sung

Episode Overview

This episode explores Kim Il Sung's tactics in creating one of the most tightly regulated societies in the world. After seizing control in 1950, his government sought to influence every facet of its citizens' lives, including their understanding of reality. Today, his grandson, Kim Jong Un, continues this legacy of total authority, indoctrinating the population to view the Kim family as divine figures and promoting the belief that they reside in a utopian paradise.