But there’s something odd about his videos from North Korea. He claims that his aim “is to show the beautiful people that live here and help strengthen the fragile bridge of peace and diplomacy through surfing. ” In a series of four videos, Louis Cole makes North Korea look like a great place to live–which it is not.
And for Louis Cole to produce a series of videos with the intent of showing “the beautiful people that live here and help strengthen the fragile bridge of peace and diplomacy through surfing,” the real issues, the ones that are far more important than surfing, are swept beneath a very, very dirty rug. In sharing his government-sanctioned experiences, even if his intentions truly are good, he’s helping them continue running the most oppressive regime on earth.
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