i think all you have to do is read a few books about a Communism in Russia or China (as i have), especially the Cultural Revolution, to get an idea of the state of fear and bondage the people live in.
it's not just that the country is a one-man dictatorship, but a very twisted psychological experiment like the show the Survivor where people will often turn on eachother (political purgings) just to stay safe themselves.
It's a self re-inforcing mechanism, where articifial scarcity is used to keep people desperate enough so that they don't think politically. Stalin would make people wait 5 hours in a bread line. You don't bite the hand that feeds.
Communism is one of the worst evils in the world and has killed more people than any war. 20 million in Russia, and 50 million in China. I'm not sure if North Korea is any worse or any better than those eras, but when the truth comes out you can add to the history of godless tryannies that have been pet projects for the coming NWO