now the DPRK can enjoy a little rest for now

  • spectre [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah I'm extremely aware that the guy is a huge liberal from the tone of the book, I don't take him uncritically as an authoritative source (although I more or less did here, I admit). One thing I really like about the book is that he's constantly having to admit that the US/ROK were the "bad guys" (as much as he expressly dislikes the DPRK and communism). I usually note all of this whenever I bring the book up, but I didn't do so here cause laziness or whatever.

    But yeah, those criticisms are valid, if a tad harsh (he's extremely fair to the DPRK for a lib IMO). If you have more/better resources about the DPRKs internal workings I'm always looking to inform myself, it's one of my favorite topics.

    Edit: forgot to mention, but obviously he makes a huge ass of himself making fun of the guides accent. Don't know what that's about tbh, but I guess he can fuck off.