It does help explain why Western propaganda has been ineffective at bringing about reunification. I mean, if your parents and grandparents are telling you genuine facts over the decades about the US blowing your shit up, then why should you believe idealistic Western propaganda? Everything just sounds like lies.
I don’t think North Koreans get the same idealistic Western propaganda we do. Hopefully, it’s tailored to the audience by people familiar with the North Korean zeitgeist.
Two things can be true. War crimes from 60 years ago don’t justify modern despotism.
It does help explain why Western propaganda has been ineffective at bringing about reunification. I mean, if your parents and grandparents are telling you genuine facts over the decades about the US blowing your shit up, then why should you believe idealistic Western propaganda? Everything just sounds like lies.
I don’t think North Koreans get the same idealistic Western propaganda we do. Hopefully, it’s tailored to the audience by people familiar with the North Korean zeitgeist.