In 1986, the theory of the “sociopolitical organism” was developed and added to the Juche ideology; according to this theory, the suryeong, the ruling party and the masses are one organic body, with the suryeong representing the brain. This theory was further develop into the “blood” theory, whereby ideological foundations were provided for the construction of an organic system, in which the party, the whole nation and the masses act as one body in accordance with the suryuong’s directions. In 1992, the Juche concept’s remaining connections to Marxism were completely removed from the North Korean Constitution, and Juche was elevated to the status of a kind of religious and moral system, which ultimately defined the purpose of people’s lives, thereby providing the ideological justification for the hereditary succession of power from Kim Il-sung to his son, Kim Jong-li, and then to his grandson, Kim Jong-un. North Korea thus possesses all of the characteristics of a monolithic system, with Juche being developed as a logical tool to rationalize it.