> Pretty true except for the god part, no?

No. America is not an evil empire trying to eradicate North Korea. At most, America wants to defend one of its closest allies, South Korea, from its belligerent dictator-led neighbor to the north.

> America did kill some 10% of their civilians (in addition to their troops) and flatten the entire country

That was over 70 years ago now, it does not reflect any sort of modern American foreign policy and hasn’t for decades.

> and now sanction the country and call it evil etc.

This is unfortunately inevitable when the country is led by a dictator who rattles his saber, continuously threatens to develop and unleash nuclear weapons on South Korea and Japan, and overall acts as bellicose and belligerent as possible.

If a country decimated your population, razed your entire country, and is conducting economic warfare on you while undermining you politically, you would consider that country evil. They can make up all the justifications they want but there's no question you would still view that country as evil.

That's fair from the perspective of a North Korean citizen; I agree that it makes sense for them to see the US as an evil country. But you and I aren't North Korean citizens, so we have the advantage of a broader perspective. We know why the US sanctions and undermines North Korea.

Yeah, my point being calling it brainwashing is a huge stretch. It's just the natural worldview that will develop from all these factors.

I gotcha, I mistakenly thought you were arguing a different position. Sorry for being quarrelsome.