The video is called “Best Wishes to North Korea”. In it, a twenty-something Youtuber and political activist praises the DPRK, hailing it as a bulwark against globalism and a counterbalance against a U.S. which insists on playing the world policeman.
But this isn’t a video put together by the small, if dedicated, pro-North Korean communists who are out there, the Korean Friendship Association, or “tankies” as they’re called by frustrated fellow travelers on the left.
The video is called “Best Wishes to North Korea”. In it, a twenty-something Youtuber and political activist praises the DPRK, hailing it as a bulwark against globalism and a counterbalance against a U.S. which insists on playing the world policeman.
But this isn’t a video put together by the small, if dedicated, pro-North Korean communists who are out there, the Korean Friendship Association, or “tankies” as they’re called by frustrated fellow travelers on the left.
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