They are a high IQ nation like many of their neighbours. Problem is, 100 years of criminally corrupt communist dictatorship crushes the human spirit in so many ways, that the sustained absence of ethics, law, liberty, morality and value of life results in a perpetually terrorised and malleable populace, ruled by evil bandits and tyrants. That there is as much decency and amazing people there among the common folks as there is, is a testament to their underlying culture and humanity.
They are a high IQ nation like many of their neighbours. Problem is, 100 years of criminally corrupt communist dictatorship crushes the human spirit in so many ways, that the sustained absence of ethics, law, liberty, morality and value of life results in a perpetually terrorised and malleable populace, ruled by evil bandits and tyrants. That there is as much decency and amazing people there among the common folks as there is, is a testament to their underlying culture and humanity.
Agreed. Japan and South Korea prospered for the opposite reasons