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Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz... by pavlov on Friday April 27, 2018 @08:02AM (#16940099)
Nazis were a special case. Most of the time those who served a tyrannical government get to go on with their lives and adapt to the circumstances. For example, Russia’s current ersatz Tsar is a former Soviet KGB agent.

The NK leadership could be envisioning a state like Russia with a market economy and many theoretical freedoms, but practically controlled by a mob-like oligarchy that entwines personal and military interests.

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Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz... by soperj on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:03PM (#16941810)
Yep, even in WW2. Japanese committed equally gross atrocities. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 The Americans granted them immunity.
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Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz... by astine on Friday April 27, 2018 @01:13PM (#16942444)
Unit 731 were granted immunity because the Americans wanted access to the research which was apparently rigorous and useful. There were Nazi scientists who got similar treatment (Operation Paperclip). A better comparison would be with the Japanese and German political leadership. Japanese leaders such a Tojo and others were executed for war crimes.
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Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz... by stcredzero on Friday April 27, 2018 @01:03PM (#16942359)
practically controlled by a mob-like oligarchy that entwines personal and military interests

Don't forget industrial. Pretty much the slowly improving state of humanity since the mid 1800's. The US powers that be had a stranglehold on the media since the 1980's. It's just that the disruption in the media industry has finally started showing the cracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

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