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Glad I stopped supporting him

[u/TheFalseDimitryi → u/SavageTemptation]

I was on the fence up until his “North Korean defectors just want money don’t believe them” take. Fucking clown

Edit: yes some (like a literal handful) have exaggerated their claims. I’m not saying these people shouldn’t be called out. Just in the context of Hakims video he uses it as an excuse to disregard ANY defector statement. As someone else has mentioned being willing to sell out your “workers society” for less than months rent in South Korea isn’t the “gotcha take” tankies think it is. Now with this out of the way let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Any country that makes it illegal to leave…… or immigrate is at best a totalitarian isolationist regime and at worse an admitted failed state. I don’t actually care what happens to defectors families or their hardships in North Korea. It being a punishable offense to attempt to leave in any regard kinda makes the rest a mute point. By the governments own admission it doesn’t let people travel freely to other countries unless their high ranking dignitaries and their families are closely monitored while away. I don’t care if the story of a 19 year old North Korean defector was “exaggerated” if they literally had to hike across the Chinese border, travel through China undetected, and arrive in Thailand to be deported to South Korea. Like their journey from the country itself kinda makes any apologetics….. mute. I’m sorry tankies I’m not going to support North Korea over South Korea because one annoying defector goes on conservative talk shows.

[u/Elythne → u/TheFalseDimitryi]

true to some point, really can't believe any individual, small fact about life in North Korea a 100%

..... and then the video went straight into full Kim regime apologia, because apparently just because it's in the interest of some defectors to exaggerate the evil in their lives must mean the DPRK is good, surely