ℝ𝔼𝔻 ℂ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝕊𝕊𝕌𝕊@lemmygrad.ml to GenZedong@lemmygrad.ml · 4 months agoWhat ACTUALLY happened with Otto Warmbier?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareWhat ACTUALLY happened with Otto Warmbier?ℝ𝔼𝔻 ℂ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝕊𝕊𝕌𝕊@lemmygrad.ml to GenZedong@lemmygrad.ml · 4 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMuad'Dibber@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-24 months ago10k is a small price to pay for an international propaganda win. Upper-class USonians spend less than that on re-roofing their house every few years.
minus-squareMarxMadness@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoAn international propaganda win? It’s a sign! That’s what’s weird here – a big chunk of money supposedly offered for something that would rate basically zero news coverage, and that is of zero substantive use.
minus-squareMuad'Dibber@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 months agoOtto warmbier was an international story, and they did spin it into an anti-DPRK story. We wouldn’t know his name if it wasn’t. Warmbier was never paid for his attempt because he died obviously, but if the money was a motivating factor, then it succeeded.
10k is a small price to pay for an international propaganda win. Upper-class USonians spend less than that on re-roofing their house every few years.
An international propaganda win? It’s a sign!
That’s what’s weird here – a big chunk of money supposedly offered for something that would rate basically zero news coverage, and that is of zero substantive use.
Otto warmbier was an international story, and they did spin it into an anti-DPRK story. We wouldn’t know his name if it wasn’t.
Warmbier was never paid for his attempt because he died obviously, but if the money was a motivating factor, then it succeeded.