The Upgrade Podcast - 083 - Why We Don't Own Rocket Launchers - Discussing the Russia/Ukraine Conflict

Episode 083 - (Recorded Monday night March 7th) In a serious episode of The Upgrade, Len & Gary get into an in-depth discussion about the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. The boys discuss Len’s recent trip to California to record Glassjaw and Glassjaw’s subsequent cancellation, Doc Coyle and the upcoming Bad Wolves tour, and Sunny Singh & Hate5Six. From there the conversation turns to Russia & the Ukraine… Starting off with some background history, the discussion turns to growing up during the Cold War and how that concept was forgotten over time, “The Day After” TV movie, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. From there it gets tied into the current situation in the Ukraine and its impact elsewhere…. Putin’s motivations, Gary’s long standing theory about an alliance between Russia, China, North Korea and other countries, uneasy situations in Asia and how it will affect US imports, the “shadow civil war” in the United States, influencer culture, Trump, and the weakening of the United States on the world stage, China’s impending economic takeover and how corporate greed enabled it, China’s advances in technology and why the US can’t keep up, Ukranians fighting for democracy vs Americans fighting against democracy, the role of racism in the decline of America, US inaction in the Russia/Ukraine situation and the drastic effect it will have on the 2024 presidential election, setting the stage for the re-emergence of Donald Trump, the complete insanity of the Republican Party and the complete incompetence of the Democratic Party, the question “has World War III already started?”, speculating on the future of this conflict and its long term effects on America and the world, and some discussion of fictionalized invasions of the mainland US including the movie “Bushwick” and the comic book (and upcoming HBO Max series) “DMZ”.

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