You can repeat “US imperialism bad” as much as you want but learning the play by play is just absolutely mind blowing. Its always so much worse than you could initially imagine.
Blowback is a treasure. All three seasons merit multiple listens.
As to S3 If people in the us realized that we bombed North Korea to an extent that people were reduced to living in caves they might be a little more introspective on why they view us the way they do. Hence why Korea is the “forgotten war”
Also, Chairman Mao man. What a heart.
That’s what I’ve been telling folks, like it makes sense why no one talks about the korean war, because there’s almost no way to white wash it past “NK crossed the line”.
Americans have such an easygoing ignorance of the absolutely massive scale of anti-communist massacres that were going on in their zone of military occupation (me included prior to listening to S3). That’s a critical piece of missing information that confuses their understanding of the motivations behind the invasion of the southern occupation zone.
What’s less forgivable is the weird fetishization about the inviobility lines on a map. To the point of being willing to grind an entire people into dust to ensure that the line is respected.
weird fetishization about the inviobility lines on a map.
The way people genuinely believe that “War” is something that only happens if you drive a tank across a survey line is infuriating. Just an absolute failure to even consider the possibility of realpolitik, of unconventional warfare, economic warfare. Like bruh if someone is pointing a nuclear gun at your head you do not have to wait for him to pull the trigger before you’re allowed to respond.
Doubly so because so many people will excuse or outright endorse America’s various campaigns of mass murder and desolation.
And even after the US blew up literally all of their infrastructure, it still wasn’t enough. McArthur wanted to nuke the DPRK and China. It’s insane.
It’s an unbelievable miracle that the SAC and the insane Army generals were somehow kept in check and prevented from slinging nukes around. People have no idea how totally psychotically bloodthirsty they were.
Nearly brought me to tears on a few occasions. I like the more humorous style of Season 1, but I think I appreciate more the seriousness that they’ve developed.
Dismantling the American empire is a must for a better future. Blowback shows me that America is doing empire shit on the regular. Plainly and professionally they are doing empire on a regular basis in these larger institutions.
For any comrade here who hasn’t heard the US’s crimes against the Korean people laid bare,
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WSE-G3x7QBc9ZFmh20AFGn5Nq7oBsJYN
Here’s a google drive with all of season 3 of Blowback, including the bonus episodes. Enjoy, spread it around, and most of all, uncritical support to the DPRK in it’s heroic struggle to rid occupied Korea of the genocidal US Empire :kim-salute:
My Dad is going through it right now. He told me DPRK was justified going in.
His Grandpa was in charge of some military police or something in the war and he is legit just like “Holy shit, my Grandpa was evil”.
