Life over there can't be as bad as we portray it in the west. People are not idiots and they tend not to settle for oppression for great periods of time. Ultimately, tyrannical leaders are always overthrown.
you are very much mistaken on that score. we know what things are like from numerous travelogues by world citizens and from a few escapees. we have plenty of photos and descriptions of how things are over there. if anything, the press UNDER-represents how pitiful the situation is.
and your last statement barely applies. those people are conditioned since birth to the cult of the kims and led to believe that their long hours and minimal living conditions are due to america persecuting them. in their eyes, kim is doing his very best to keep them alive despite everything. those who fail to share that full belief tend to disappear overnight, along with their families.
unfortunately for your viewpoint, I've seen some "travelogues by world citizens" too. Life there is tough, but it's THEIR life. The set is really a frameup, made to irritate the western viewer, sometimes even using the Photoshop to make the picture gloomier. Also, you'll be surprised if you see the full picture of life in the _South_ Korea. About same degree of totalitarian control (say, they claim 150 000 dissidents to be missing in just 1979-87, when Chun Doo-hwan ruled the country) , but performed much differently.
Life over there can't be as bad as we portray it in the west. People are not idiots and they tend not to settle for oppression for great periods of time. Ultimately, tyrannical leaders are always overthrown.
you are very much mistaken on that score. we know what things are like from numerous travelogues by world citizens and from a few escapees. we have plenty of photos and descriptions of how things are over there. if anything, the press UNDER-represents how pitiful the situation is.
and your last statement barely applies. those people are conditioned since birth to the cult of the kims and led to believe that their long hours and minimal living conditions are due to america persecuting them. in their eyes, kim is doing his very best to keep them alive despite everything. those who fail to share that full belief tend to disappear overnight, along with their families.
unfortunately for your viewpoint, I've seen some "travelogues by world citizens" too. Life there is tough, but it's THEIR life. The set is really a frameup, made to irritate the western viewer, sometimes even using the Photoshop to make the picture gloomier. Also, you'll be surprised if you see the full picture of life in the _South_ Korea. About same degree of totalitarian control (say, they claim 150 000 dissidents to be missing in just 1979-87, when Chun Doo-hwan ruled the country) , but performed much differently.
It's nothing but a propaganda campaign.
and your last statement barely applies. those people are conditioned since birth to the cult of the kims and led to believe that their long hours and minimal living conditions are due to america persecuting them. in their eyes, kim is doing his very best to keep them alive despite everything. those who fail to share that full belief tend to disappear overnight, along with their families.
Also, you'll be surprised if you see the full picture of life in the _South_ Korea. About same degree of totalitarian control (say, they claim 150 000 dissidents to be missing in just 1979-87, when Chun Doo-hwan ruled the country) , but performed much differently.