HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kitchen Debate, Autarky, Feminist Movement
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The mad run : the age of earth rise. Cold-war clich s: the kitchen debate july 1959 nixon visiting soviet russia and is standing with the premier. Discussing the relative merits of their society, economic models. Nixon is talking about democracy, minimum standard of living being far superior to anywhere else in the world. Premier is saying all of that is a sham and you need a socialist state where everyone is equal. It is taking place in front of a exhibition from the us who were showing off the new household appliances, technological appliances, etc. These were all things soviet russia did not have at this time. In fact, the entire state is geared towards insurance that people can gather capital and increase it. It is easy to see who belongs in each social class. Idea was that the free market system would work itself out.
