[prairiebreeze]

No argument from me about the malignancy of communism. I just wonder how realistic it is to expect sufficient numbers of citizens to band together and overthrow an entrenched regime.

Infiltration at top levels with an ensuing coup would be more likely to effect change. But just as unlikely I'm afraid.

[monday]

"I just wonder how realistic it is to expect sufficient numbers of citizens to band together and overthrow an entrenched regime."

It depends on the culture. It is absolutely necessary to recruit the armed forces, but since soldiers are people too, that is easy to do if the culture is a healthy, freedom loving one.

However if the culture is one of indifference to human suffering and lust for power, do we really want to save it? North Koreans hold the power to be any way they like. They can reject communism like the Russians did, or they can continue to embrace it and suffer the consequences.