North Korea

I always pay close attention to what defectors from tyranical countries say. Diana has an interesting post at NoodleFood. There are some comments about the North Korean leader and his MO that are very interesting and reveiling. I think it is hard for Americans to imagine what living in a dictatorship is like and this is the closest we can come. In terms of fiction, Ayn Rand does an excellent job of concretizing what it is like in her novel "We the Living". There was also a non-fiction book called "MIG Pilot", which is an autobiographical account of a MIG pilot who defected in the '80's.