Yes, I understand that they have a privileged life in comparison to their other comrades in the capitol, and those further out…yes I’ve read Nothing To Envy, I know they are stupid but kept ignorant. How do you go to a place like Paris, and see all this infrastructure, the ceremony, other races, homosexuals, then go home, surrender your medal to the Leader (or some party official) and keep your mouth shut about everything you saw.
If you’re a big believer going to the games has to be a LARGE test of your faith in Juche, even if you have cardboard beds in the athlete dorms.
You don’t know anything about their thoughts or feelings, or what they actually do when they come back home. I hate this fake, patronizing compassion and redditesque naivety, fueled by RFA misinformation, treating these people like children. “Homosexuals”, like what the hell are you even talking about? As we know all Asia is very open from homosexuality, right?