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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A defector is going to have an inherent dislike of the DPRK because they.. well, defected. If someone is happy there, they're not going to defect are they?

Bull$hitters like Yeonmi Park don't make me inclined to believe defectors.

[–] chaos@beehaw.org 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This is a good point, we should ask some average North Koreans directly, that way we get a better balance of viewpoints. Maybe we can catch some on a vacation abroad or something.

[–] ztpq@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Would you believe it if they said that it's not actually that bad?

[–] chaos@beehaw.org 1 points 2 hours ago

I'd believe that people are living happy, fulfilling lives there, sure, people usually find a way to do that regardless of their situation. But I'm pretty sure it's not just propaganda that the same damn family has been in charge for the better part of a century, and that alone is enough for me to conclude that it is a fundamentally broken system that, even if it somehow isn't as repressive and evil as it's portrayed, will get there eventually.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

You actually can, they usually go to places like China and Russia which they share close trade ties and land bridges with.

They can and have been asked.