Journalists pay defectors for stories. No effort is made to verify anything they say. This practice is considered wildly unethical in any other context. They're not credible. But just the content should be enough, do you really think North Koreans pull trains from city to city? That the children eat rats who eat children? That they build fake towns with fake schools, presumably the fields are tended by fake farmers?

It’s perfectly possible for both the US and NK to be in the wrong.

So why aren't you asking why the US is allowed to participate when they commit far worse atrocities?

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To all of those stories, they seem like strawmen. I've not heard anything that ridiculous. Just that NK is an authoritarian regime that rewards friends and family of the regime at the expense of the well being of the populace. Kinda like a red veneer over Saudi Arabia, similar system.

So why aren't you asking why the US is allowed to participate when they commit far worse atrocities?

I didn't even ask why NK isn't allowed to participate. Why are you giving me an argument I didn't make?

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

To all of those stories, they seem like strawmen.

nvm then, I'd assumed you were referring to those absurd stories that get republished by otherwise reputable news sources every few months.

I didn’t even ask why NK isn’t allowed to participate.

Apologies, I didn't realize you weren't the guy who started this comment chain.