Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
there was an underground city, essentially, a bunker that was like a city, and apparently it had McDonald's in it and a lot of other, you know, it was a full city for the U.S. government and their families. U.S. marshals came to our house to take us down there, and I was very excited about doing that.
there was an underground city, essentially, a bunker that was like a city, and apparently it had McDonald's in it and a lot of other, you know, it was a full city for the U.S. government and their families. U.S. marshals came to our house to take us down there, and I was very excited about doing that.
there was an underground city, essentially, a bunker that was like a city, and apparently it had McDonald's in it and a lot of other, you know, it was a full city for the U.S. government and their families. U.S. marshals came to our house to take us down there, and I was very excited about doing that.
And this was at a time, you know, when we were doing the drills, we were doing the duck and cover drills once a week at our school.
And this was at a time, you know, when we were doing the drills, we were doing the duck and cover drills once a week at our school.
And this was at a time, you know, when we were doing the drills, we were doing the duck and cover drills once a week at our school.
where they would tell you when the alarms go off, then you put your head onto the table, you remove the sharps from your desk, put them inside your desk, you put your head onto the table, and you wait, and the initial blast will take the windows out of the school, and then we all stand up and
where they would tell you when the alarms go off, then you put your head onto the table, you remove the sharps from your desk, put them inside your desk, you put your head onto the table, and you wait, and the initial blast will take the windows out of the school, and then we all stand up and
where they would tell you when the alarms go off, then you put your head onto the table, you remove the sharps from your desk, put them inside your desk, you put your head onto the table, and you wait, and the initial blast will take the windows out of the school, and then we all stand up and
and file in an orderly fashion into the basement where we're going to be for the next six or eight months or whatever. But in the basement where, you know, we went occasionally in those corridors, we're lined with freeze-dried food canisters up to the ceiling from floor to ceiling. So people were, you know, we were all preparing for this.
and file in an orderly fashion into the basement where we're going to be for the next six or eight months or whatever. But in the basement where, you know, we went occasionally in those corridors, we're lined with freeze-dried food canisters up to the ceiling from floor to ceiling. So people were, you know, we were all preparing for this.
and file in an orderly fashion into the basement where we're going to be for the next six or eight months or whatever. But in the basement where, you know, we went occasionally in those corridors, we're lined with freeze-dried food canisters up to the ceiling from floor to ceiling. So people were, you know, we were all preparing for this.
And it was, you know, Bob McNamara, who was a friend of mine and, you know, was my father, one of my father's closest friends as Secretary of Defense. He later called it mass psychosis. And my father deeply regretted participating in the bomb shelter program because he said it was part of a psychological psyop trick to teach Americans that nuclear war was acceptable, that it was survivable.
And it was, you know, Bob McNamara, who was a friend of mine and, you know, was my father, one of my father's closest friends as Secretary of Defense. He later called it mass psychosis. And my father deeply regretted participating in the bomb shelter program because he said it was part of a psychological psyop trick to teach Americans that nuclear war was acceptable, that it was survivable.
And it was, you know, Bob McNamara, who was a friend of mine and, you know, was my father, one of my father's closest friends as Secretary of Defense. He later called it mass psychosis. And my father deeply regretted participating in the bomb shelter program because he said it was part of a psychological psyop trick to teach Americans that nuclear war was acceptable, that it was survivable.
My father, anyway, when the marshals came to our house to take me and my brother Joe away, and we were the ones who were home at that time, My father called and he talked to us on the phone and he said, I don't want you going down there because if you disappear from school, people are going to panic. And I need you to be a good soldier and go to school.
My father, anyway, when the marshals came to our house to take me and my brother Joe away, and we were the ones who were home at that time, My father called and he talked to us on the phone and he said, I don't want you going down there because if you disappear from school, people are going to panic. And I need you to be a good soldier and go to school.
My father, anyway, when the marshals came to our house to take me and my brother Joe away, and we were the ones who were home at that time, My father called and he talked to us on the phone and he said, I don't want you going down there because if you disappear from school, people are going to panic. And I need you to be a good soldier and go to school.
And he said something to me during that period, which was that if the nuclear war happened, it would Okay, I mean, I had already prepared myself for the, you know, for the dystopian future, and I knew I could, I spent every day in the woods, I knew that I could survive by catching puppies and they'll do whatever I had to do. But I felt like, okay, I can handle this.
And he said something to me during that period, which was that if the nuclear war happened, it would Okay, I mean, I had already prepared myself for the, you know, for the dystopian future, and I knew I could, I spent every day in the woods, I knew that I could survive by catching puppies and they'll do whatever I had to do. But I felt like, okay, I can handle this.