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| Subject: What the government doesn’t want you to know about nukes Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:31 pm | |
| “I’m trying to share important information that powerful bureaucratic systems don’t want the public to know,” says journalist Eric Schlosser. The author of “Fast Food Nation” and “Reefer Madness,” Schlosser is known for starting important conversations about things we didn’t even realize we should be talking about.
“Command and Control,” his newest exposé, turns the gaze to America’s arsenal of nuclear weapons — and blows the lid off the many, many times when we came this close to accidental catastrophe. That we didn’t, Schlosser writes, has less to do with sound technology and safety measures than plain dumb luck. And that we still don’t know how lucky we were –and continue to be — can be attributed to deliberate government obfuscation.
Schlosser spoke with Salon about the continued threat of nuclear weapons, the fast food movement’s progress and the challenges of battling bureaucracy. The interview has been lightly edited for space and clarity.
More: http://www.salon.com/2013/09/21/eric_schlosser_what_the_government_doesnt_want_you_to_know_about_nukes/singleton/?google_editors_picks=true _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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