Happy few. joke aside, its royalty,it's politicians. It's epicureans. One of the first sommelier I saw speaking about Louis Treize used to tell me an anecdote.
As long as you keep living selfishly, looking out for yourself, and partaking in worldly pleasures without a second thought, you're only going to strengthen the devil's hold on your soul.
Such materialist tastes, however incongruous in a country where more than a quarter of young children are chronically malnourished, appear to reflect a changing reality in North Korea.
While the sybaritic top brass toss meat to their dogs, or query the freshness of their croissants, ordinary soldiers wolf down the rations in the trenches they storm.
But, the trick only worked for what the researchers considered hedonic purchases, things you buy for fun or novelty, like fancy watches, chocolates, or lingerie.