

While there is something understandable about partially wishing for it, I don’t think anyone is going to lead a genocidal strategic bombing campaign against the United States to level every manmade structure taller than knee height before promptly having 95% of the planet embargo them for 75 years, so I doubt the US can emulate the DPRK’s economic situation too well.
I think the general consensus among anthropologists is that the workers building the great pyramids weren’t slaves, just day laborers working for rations of ale and food.