Commentary We become slaves the moment we hand the keys to the definition of reality entirely over to someone else—B.W. Powe When you think of North Korea, what words come to mind? Famine. Terror. Misery. What about propaganda? This year marks the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s death, a man who led a very busy life. The North Korean despot was a world-class golfer and he also invented the hamburger. Of course, Kim Jing-il didn’t invent the hamburger, nor was he an elite golfer, but people in the hermit kingdom were taught to believe such nonsense. For far too many, the nonsense became undeniable truth. In neighboring China, propaganda also exerts a powerful influence. Like something out of George Orwell’s “1984,” the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a department dedicated to the dissemination of propaganda. In February of this year, Xi Jinping, somewhat miraculously, declared a “complete victory” over poverty. The socialist system, he argued, had turned an economic (and …