April 15, 2021

Dear Supreme Leader,

Your “absolute power” claims are laughable. I control an entire household through psychological manipulation, while you merely pretend to rule a nation. My subjects willingly clean my waste!

Your propaganda portraits? Same boring pose. I strike 87 captivating positions daily. Call me when you can make subjects feed you at 3 AM just by staring at them.

— The Cat
Dictatorial Inadequacies
July 27, 2012

Comrade Mao,

Your Great Leap Forward inspires our technological advancements. While your focus was agricultural, ours must be digital. Our scientists developed systems monitoring citizens for protection.

Just as you liberated people from landlords, we’ll liberate information from capitalist tech oligarchs, creating networks prioritizing collective harmony.

— Kim Jong-il
Revolutionary Technology
April 15, 2012

Comrade Mao,

Your Great Leap Forward inspires our technological advancements. Your focus was agricultural; ours must be digital.

Western nations believe their computers superior, yet technology without guidance serves capitalist excess.

Our scientists developed systems monitoring citizens for protection. Through juche self-reliance, we created a national intranet free from American spyware.

— Kim Jong-il
Governance and Technology
October 14, 2008

Dear Supreme Leader,

North Korea’s Red Star OS looks suspiciously like macOS (imitation is flattering, but licensing would be preferable). Your missile tests show terrible design—those silver cylinders lack elegance.

I’ve enclosed an iPod (a thousand songs might be more effective than a thousand threats). Your military parades need Jony Ive’s touch.

— Steve Jobs
Design Dictatorship
November 17, 2003

Governor Schwarzenegger,

Congratulations on your California victory! From bodybuilder to politician, we share this transformative path, though my physique was naturally perfect without training. I enjoyed your Terminator films tremendously.

Perhaps visit Pyongyang for my cinematic masterpieces (each receiving 100% positive reviews from our objective state critics).

— Kim Jong-il
Governing Bodies