Juche?

[VCman]

Hi there, I have a question about Juche thought. I have researched some and found it has 19 million followers. Does anyone on these forums know anything about this? How did it originate? Do thet have any "religious practices", or can it be even called a religion? I'm kinda confused, and I thought it would be a neat topic of discussion.

-VC

 

[AdamAnderson21]

Juche is the ideology of North Korea. Juche means "self-reliance". It basically states that the proletariat revolution was the people's and that the proletariat need to be ruled by a leader. Kim II Sung made the analogy that the leader is the brain, and the people are the body, and that state-sponsored organizations are the "nervous system". This ideology also calls for North Korea to be self-sufficent.


The ideology is state-sponsored, and has been promoted by North Korea since 1955. It pretty much developed from Stalinism and the ideas of Kim II Sung. In 1977 Juche replaced Marxism in the North Korean constitution. It pretty much only exists in North Korea.

Some say it is similar in some respects to a religion because the people are viewed as gaining immortality through service to the state. It also stipulates that the leader is received the same way as Christ would be during communion.