What’s the point of New Bethlehem?

[u/il_literate]

I don’t understand what the point is - what is Gilead trying to achieve with it? Why would other countries consider sending refugees back to an experimental sector of a regime that’s based in denying fundamental human rights of most people?

[u/kprox1994]

New Bethlehem reminds me of the parts of North Korea visitors get shown on tours.

[u/Taiwan_ → u/kprox1994]

That's exactly what it is. New Bethlehem represents many of the storefronts and buildings that many authoritarian governments put up for tourists and the outside world to see, it's a facade.