The problem with this argument is that literally nobody thinks the people of North Korea are somehow “bad.” This isn’t some cultural misunderstanding, nobody’s sitting there going “Gee, man, I don’t know about those 5 year-old North Korean dirt farmers. They seem pretty sketchy.”

If you read Sanders piece you’d realize that someone making this point like you are is the reason we are caught in this situation. The line of the piece that stands out in that respect:

These are both superb takedowns.