I’m not that old so take this with a grain of salt, but this is the most Fascist that I’ve ever seen the USA domestically. The US gov is demonizing peaceful protesters while Biden says on Press Night that a free press and free speech must be respected and protected. Not to mention the teachers and staff being arrested or the students being doxxed or beaten by police. I certainly won’t vote for Trump but I’ve never wanted to see Biden lose so bad before. I genuinely believe he’ll die in office if he wins a second term.
I would ask what territories they control outside of their own borders. They have been barred from much of the international trade community and don’t have a powerful position or influence on the UN or the Security Commissions. The UN even mandated that DPRK citizens cannot leave the DPRK, not much of an Empire if you ask me