In the final installment of this three-part series on capitalism, Lauren, Amy, and Holly outline the disturbing parallels between the lead-up to the Vietnam War and today's events currently unfolding in Iran. This episode takes a critical and unflinching indictment of how U.S. corporate interests have infiltrated foreign policy – turning governments into proxies for profit and war into business strategy all under the guise of defending 'freedom.' Tracing the blood-soaked consequences of this corruption, they examine the literal human cost of empire-building that is sold to the American People as 'liberation' as well as the patterns of exploitation that persisted across decades.
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The historical facts presented in this episode are directly cited from 'A People’s History of the United States' by Howard Zinn, ensuring they are represented accurately and without misinterpretation. Other resources referenced in this episode are listed below as well.
'The Pentagon Papers: The Secret History of the Vietnam War' by Neil Sheehan, Hedrick Smith, E.W. Kenworthy, & Fox Butterfield.
The referenced stand-up comedian (Murahd Shawki) reel is directly linked here from his Instagram (@murahdshawki) account.
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