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The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War by Eileen Welsome

4.0

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I’m certainly not one to buy into conspiracy theories but when given the facts about our government’s involvement in using its citizens as unknowing or unwilling guinea pigs during the Cold War it makes one reconsider their opinions. This stuff is tantamount to Nazi experimentation only it was done by our government on its own people. And per the usual they do not want to be held accountable when it comes to light. This is why people do not trust the government. Stuff like this. And it goes on all the time. The newest incarnation are the Republican backed “voter integrity” laws. Legislators can certainly have discussions about how to make voting fair, but when they are signing laws behind locked doors (Georgia) or putting proposals out for public recourse (Texas - where they displayed new legislation between 1:39 am to 1:40 am two days ago before voting it in), I suppose at the least in the past the government tried to keep such blatant corruption secret, now it’s out in the public forum. And they wonder why nobody believes anything they say. Shameful. Then you end up with “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” scenario with the pandemic. When will the “leaders” of this nation realize you can’t have it both ways. But this book just demonstrates that line of thinking and that thirst for power and corruption has been around a long time.