Today's song isn't posted really for music's sake. I never really liked this second single by Frankie and the gang, but the video more than makes up for it. It wasn't long ago that the Cold War was still a big threat to world peace and this video came as a warning of what could happen if it ever heated up. Luckily, the Cold War ended, but in the years since then, Russia has proven to show it is still an adversary to us.
It seems these days that many Americans forget just how much of an adversary the Soviet Union was, and still is. Though the USSR no longer exists, Russia remains an oppressive state and its despotic leader continues to use Soviet-style strategies to spread Russia's influence far and wide, even here. Imagine Putin and Trump replacing Yeltsin and Reagan in this video. Would it still be the same, or would we see more of a tag team style match, the two of them against the world rather than a fight to the finish between them?
One of the most surprising things of this era is that many on the right view Russia favorably, with a spike in that favorability rating coming in 2017 at 40% favorablity amongst Republicans. (I wonder why!) Even more startling, there are a great number of Republicans who favor Russia over their fellow Americans, namely Democrats. It should be no surprise to anyone why this statistic exists.
While Putin's interference in our 2016 Presidential election should have been met with anger across all political affiliations, the side that won that election, no doubt partly due to this attack, seem to not care. That, to me, is a very sad state of affairs and very telling of the state we are in today. So for anyone reading, please watch the video and be reminded that even though the Cold War is long over, Russia is still not our friend and we should all, always, put country over party. Here's Two Tribes...
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