Taff, I'm not offended or anything by it, my point is only that so many people believe anything they read online and I wish generally everyone was more careful about theses things because it shapes beliefs. To the logical thinking folk, things can seem obvious but as we all know - there's so many idiots out there.
With regards to Dresnok fleeing a 'potential' Court Martial for forging a pass - that was part of his issue I think :
“I was fed up with my childhood, my marriage, my military life, everything,” Mr. Dresnok
told the makers of “Crossing the Line,” a 2006 documentary. “I was finished. There’s only one place to go. I crossed over, looking for my new life.”
'Crossing the Line' was the documentary where I came to hear this story.
Whether or not it was a capitalist/socialist thing I doubt, but the driving force was that he was looking for a better life. I would assume that's the case in the majority of instances where people leave one country for another. I moved to Australia looking for a better life.
Incidentally, where did you come across that image ?