This is weird

N. Korea accelerates efforts to raise status of the Kim dynasty’s next generation

The North Korean government recently disseminated a document emphasizing the revolutionary work conducted by members of the “Mount Paektu bloodline” and organized a related lecture for senior cadres, Daily NK has learned.

The document about the Mount Paektu bloodline, which is said to have been jointly composed by the Propaganda and Agitation Department and the Organization and Guidance Department, described “all the precious children of the Mangyongdae lineage and the Mount Paektu bloodline” as being “the holy foundation for the completion of our revolutionary work,” the source said.

North Korea may be distant and deranged, but the whole piece is worth reading as an extreme example of political deification.   

But high-ranking sources in North Korea agree that Kim’s recently debuted daughter has not been chosen as the successor who will carry on the family line.

“The daughter revealed to the public cannot become the successor. If she were to be the successor, she wouldn’t have been shown holding her father’s hand or being carried like a child,” another high-ranking source told Daily NK.

Idolization consists of the process of deifying a leader who was born with unique qualities that set them apart from the masses. Therefore, the leader being idolized cannot be depicted as a weak child in need of protection, the source said.

Weird but fascinating as a deification thread running in various guises and degrees throughout human history.