If we lived in North Korea we wouldn't dare say anything about this photograph which was taken of their Dear Leader at the Dongbong collective farm (snicker, snicker). Instead, we'd be afraid of being sent with our families to a labor camp. And so we'd be forced to bite our lip and put on one of those grim faces like the men behind him - completely missing out on a great opportunity for some crass comedy.
That's why totalitarianism sucks.
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