For a lot of reasons that’s purely due to North Korea being competent and knowing second and third order consequences, they can never ever become a developed country. Being a developed country would destroy the Kim family’s hold on power.
Solus (@Ersatz_Solus)
Visions of based world where North Korea becomes a developed country just so show that Koreans are built different enough that they can take the most batshit insane version of any ideology and make it work.
— https://nitter.net/Ersatz_Solus/status/2085860121003868564#m