Just goes to show how desperate the ‘smart’ academics are. they can’t even see the implications of their action.
I think they know full well the long term implications of their actions. They just don’t care, because in the short-mid term, embracing such lunacy will help their careers.
Even so, no matter how much of a hell hole they turn this [once great] country into, they imagine they and their ilk will always be protected if they just say the right words. I’m sure the North Korean “elite” have the same mind set. In a twisted way, it is akin to a religious act of faith.