S5 E4: Up to Heaven and Down to Hell
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The Cold War and the American Petroleum Institute
Post-World War II messaging dovetails with the Cold War and further solidifies this relationship between American identity, capitalism, and oil. Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring sparks a public outcry about the ways that industry uses and abuses nature to benefit itself. Nader plants a very simple but powerful idea in the minds of Americans: Consumers deserve protection.
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