Donald Trump is a (Bio)Terrorist ft. Coronavirus

Survival Mode - A podcast by Zeda Grace

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Hope everyone’s having a great 2021. I’m just here to be the sparkling ray of sunshine you surely look forward to listening to as I bring ray after ray of good news into your life, seeping under your skin, giving you that warm tingly feeling you just enjoy so much. Masochistic fucking society, I tell ya. It’s clear it’s a patriarchy, that’s for sure. Speaking of the patriarchy, a subject near and dear to my heart. The premise of allllllll of my daddy issues, let’s go into some war history. WORLD WAR 2 World War 2 – Quick summary. Lasted from 1939 – 1945.  Allied powers were Britain, France, Russia, and the U.S.A. Axis Powers were Germany, Japan, and Italy. Germany which, of course, was ruled by the Nazi supremacist fuck that our own President, several congresspeople, including new ones like Madison Cawthorn from North Carolina who quoted Hitler or “The Father” on instagram. (Yet again, another problematic issue with the Regina George bullying style tactics of the Call Her Daddy brand.) Not a great year for dads in the media, honestly. Maybe if you stopped traveling internationally to fuck during a pandemic would be the root of better PR. What do I know? Other notable historical figures in play involve Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, FDR, and Winston Churchill. End scene for World War 2. THE COLD WAR The Cold War, lasting from 1947 – 1991, involved an array of geopolitical tension after the alliance between Britain, the USA, and the Soviet Union/Russia began to precipitate out of solution because of Soviet instilled “communism” while Americans were providing aid. Nothing we like more than an excuse to pull out of an alliance on account of “handouts”. I hear that was when Mitch McConnell’s first term started. (Kidding.) In 1948, the USA and European allies formed NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.  The Soviet Union was able to explode an atomic bomb, Chinese communism started, and North Korea backed by the Soviets began to invade US-occupied South Korea.  THE KOREAN WAR Enter the Korean War. This signaled the first military action of the Cold War. It was American democracy versus international communism.  That guy I allude to occasionally, I think I called him “the Farm boy”, he’s half Korean so this is kinda awkward because now I’m thinking about him. 5 Million soldiers and civilians lost their lives between 1950-1953. It’s often referred to as “The Forgotten War”.  Is that why I make sure to let that guy know I’ll never forget him just so he can be annoyed with how much he loves me? Yes. It’s true. I like history. And compartmentalization for recall.  Korea had previously been part of the Japanese empire, before falling to Americans and Soviets. You know, imperialism. That thing male leaders in particular like to do because they feel the need to assert their dominance over everybody else (probably to avoid the issues going on at home and exploit military positioning globally).  The Korean war was largely underrepresented in pop culture, which is weird because back in the 1950’s, the National Security Council recommended US military force to quell “communism” whenever necessary.  You wanna know what American soldiers ACTUALLY encountered in Korea? Dangerous intestinal diseases from unsafe drinking water. Infectious Diseases. Imagine that subject being important in warfare.  President Harry Truman wanted to avoid all out war because of the threat of Soviet aggression in Europe with the confirmed atomic bombs. Turns out some