The Theatrics of Pre Falsification

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i want to talk for a moment about the theatricality of the violence that is often necessary to enforce this kind of pre falsification. The coreography here includes not just the audacity of dragging kim's uncle out of this gathering, but the fact that nobody in the audience objected. This is part of the theatrics to demonstrate to the entire nation that if you are disloyal, if you do anything that threatens the regime, nobody will come to your help because everybody is living in fear.

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