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XemaSab

(60,212 posts) Fri May 25, 2012, 04:45 AM May 2012

Old timers: Was all the crap that the government put out about nuclear war in the 50s [View all]

designed to freak people the hell out, keep people calm, neither, or both?

I bring this up because I just watched The Atomic Cafe.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/122397/atomic-cafe

For me, the idea that anyone would WANT to survive a nuclear war is laughable. But somehow the government made it sound like it wasn't no thing.

Why did they do this? What were they thinking?

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Old timers: Was all the crap that the government put out about nuclear war in the 50s [View all] XemaSab May 2012 OP

I wasn't alive then, but my guess... Scootaloo May 2012 #1

Link inoperable outside of USA dipsydoodle May 2012 #2

The cold war was a reason to spend money on the military industrial complex liberal N proud May 2012 #3

That's right - and Ike knew it... Cooley Hurd May 2012 #4

Actually he did, in terms of spending. hifiguy May 2012 #11

This might provide some insight . . . HughBeaumont May 2012 #5

Our government was going to start that war if communism took hold in western Europe. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #6

herding sheep. CBGLuthier May 2012 #7

My parents always told me... Oilwellian May 2012 #8

They were terrified of Communism, MicaelS May 2012 #9

Fuck the drills. If a warhead is coming in, I'll be standing on the roof giving it a double-bird. HopeHoops May 2012 #10