screen shot of the email referenced
Nuclear Pacific Blog Post #1
Do we still live the effects of the Cold War?
(Pg 76 section 167 wanting the steel door.)
In section 167 on page 76, Lindqvist talk about the one
thing he wanted as a child. He obsessed over a steel door to prepare for nuclear
warfare. He discusses his frustration over the fact that his father did not
seem to ‘buy into’ this fear. In this time we see that everyday life has been
deformed by fear. Children should be obsessing over toy or games, not war time
precautionary products. War time not only affects everyday psyche, but also
commodofies the civilian through fear.
My question is; do we still live the effects of the Cold War
in our present time? Where can we see traces of this fear instilled in us? I
found my answer by simply checking my email where I received an offer on a
survival kit, for a family of two. The kit includes everything they would need
to survive in case of an emergency. This email made me ponder where else we see
traces of this fear in our modern everyday life. I thought of the show, which I
do not know the name of because I have only heard of it and not actually seen
in, in which people excessively prepare for the apocalypse. To take this
fascinating with survival even further, I would like to consider popular
culture’s fascination with the idea of a zombie outbreak resulting in an
apocalypse.
In conclusion, we do not have to look very far at all to see
that we very much so still live in the age of fear due to the effects of the
cold war.
Very interesting the way that fear has been used as a way fuel the production of commodities linked to the ideology of fear and war. Shows the power of fear to impact all levels of life from production and consumption to foreign policy.
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