Communism North Korea

Communism, as an idea and ideology, has not completely died out in 2017. There are still a few nation-states such as Cuba and North Korea which still cling to the idea of communism. Even though it has not been destroyed, it no longer has the influence it once did. The fall of the USSR showed how the economic policies of communism can implode, and the countries which still try to keep the idea of communism alive, are only able to do so in their country, and it is by fear and propaganda. There are groups of people everywhere that do still believe that communism should be dominant, however it would take a lot for them to take over, although unlikely, it is still a possibility. Communism in Cuba is nearing the end of its lifespan, after Castro’s
In North Korea, all sources of information are highly censored by the government, there is no internet and only one channel on TV according to those who managed to escape. If nothing changes, communism will last a long time there. Although their tests for trying to get a nuclear missile capable of hitting the US is worrying, it is doubtful they would attack first. First, North Korea has a smaller army, despite still using human wave tactics, they have an extreme technological disadvantage and just like in the 1950’s their air force and navy is weak and their leadership is probably less competent than a few other nations. Their biggest advantage is that China and Russia will most likely try to protect them, and no one wants to attack them first due to being a buffer state. Even though the combined efforts of US allies. could overpower them, though that would most likely mean another world war which (mostly) everyone wants to avoid at all costs. Although it appears communism will last much longer in North Korea, their own isolationism prevents the influence of communism from spreading, which is the case for most still communist
The influence of communism there is limited to their nations. The only reason communism still exists decades after the end of the Cold War is due to isolationism and being able to protect it in their own nations, without a powerful nation such as the USSR spreading communism, it is unable to influence nations. The only way to preserve communism is for these nations to become isolated now and that guarantees that they will get behind compared to the rest of the world. A big part of this is also how modern communist countries severely limits innovation. Socialism being an alternative to communism is one factor in preventing it from spreading and from