I enjoyed the show for a bit and I was generally tolerant about the host's dislike of the USSR because they were still somewhat left adjacent. But now that Liam is pretty much the defacto co-host every episode that includes Russia amplifies the shit-take-meter. I get that Joe is Armenian so he's probably got some legitimate grievances with the USSR but motherfucker calls himself a socialist and calls out US propaganda all the time but can't even take the time to do some self-crit of his sources?
Lmao yeah zinc lined coffins, soldiers drinking antifreeze all sounded sorta Sus to me ngl
Yeah that reeks of the creepypasta esque writing style western propagandists tend to use when writing abt the USSR, DPRK etc. Another example is that story abt leaving toys with explosive booby-traps for Afghan kids. I can hardly even imagine the US military doing that, because it wouldnt be worth it even if the goal was just to spread fear (the CIA and KGB/FSB have much better, more subtle ways to do that). Everything is carefully calculated to make you uncomfortable, angry, or both. But when you look just below the flimsy reverse-engineered justifications they create for them, the supposed motives and logic behind them fade away