<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
Why do North Koreans just allow themselves to be starved over and over without overthrowing the government?
<|assistant|>
The North Korean regime has been able to remain in power for so long by tightly control the population, including through extensive propaganda, severe repression, and widespread economic and political coercion. Moreover, while North Koreans are extremely oppressed, they are also very patriotic and fearful of what life would be like under a different regime. Without reliable access to news and media from the outside world, the population has been largely unable to make meaningful comparisons between their own situation and that of people in other countries.