Playing Chicken with China: How Propaganda Rationalizes Conflict.

There were 15 references to China in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. The recent bill passed by the House, which is more than what President Biden requested (because that makes fucking sense) contains 89 references to China. It’s official. We have our new existential bogeyman threat. Battle stations, everyone. We’re going to war with China. Someday. Or are we? Why would we? What the actual fuck is our problem? Today’s episode pulls back the cover on our latest propaganda campaign designed to scare the shit out of us and normalize aggression toward our largest trading partner on the planet. Chapters 00:00:40 Intro 00:01:55 Segment 1 00:05:15 Segment 2 00:13:47 Segment 3 00:19:25 Segment 4 00:28:37 Segment 5 00:37:31 Show Notes 00:39:41 Emails + Shoutouts 00:50:07 Outro Resources Richard Nixon Presidential Library: Nixon in China: Film Militarist Monitor: Gatestone Institute AlJazeera: Biden administration approves $650m weapon sale to Saudi Arabia Brookings: Rising to the Challen