Clan of the One-Breasted Women

This is, by far, my favorite of our readings so far. I love history honestly, and anything to do with the 20th century; the 1950s was definitely a scary time for all modern cultures. The two super powers of the world, the United States Russia were on the brink of war and threatened to level all of Europe with nuclear war. With this threat of war, came fear and not just any fear, the type that makes people question themselves. One part of this reading really resonated with me, " McCarthyism was rampant. Ike was it and the Cold
War was hot. If you were against nuclear testing, you were for a Communist regime." If you even questioned the nuclear testing going on in the contiguous United States your neighbor could say you were making remarks downing the nuclear testing and that person could be arrested for suspected Communism. Crazy right? A person could be concerned for their health, question the governments actions, and be arrested for it. I think these people were way to quiet about what was happening to them, the government was literally killing it's own people. I don't think we really understood the full effects of nuclear testing then, but as soon as people starting getting cancer in the areas it seems the government would have stopped it, right? Fear drove the government to kill it's own people, and arrest anyone who spoke out against it, but I am always told the ends justify the means. But is that end worth the means? Is having nuclear deterrents worth killing citizens, I think not.