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Originally Posted by WarChild
I'm pretty sure it runs much deeper than fear. They don't even know they have it bad. With no frame of reference to judge the outside World by, they've been told their whole life they have it good. Most of them believe that World outside of North Korea is far worse off. It's probably genuine despair because they simply don't know any better.  |
I think you're probably right. Good analysis.
I do know that I felt sorry for them when I saw this on the news. Not because of empathy for their grief, but sorry that they're so weird, and prisoners in their own country.