• freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    I think he knew that and still made the choice. There’s a handful of US defectors in the DPRK because they were ideologically closer to communism than imperialism, so maybe he’ll fare as well as he hopes.

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      1 year ago

      I doubt this was ideological. He would have tried this earlier in his time in the military and likely wouldn’t have joined the military at all I would imagine

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        1 year ago

        Ideology changes over time. Being in the military is often a catalyst for big changes to ideology.