—Also, do you have any viable evidence that the Cold War was in actuality a bogus war set up by the USA and the USSR in collusion?
You want him to prove a negative? Can you prove that the Loch Ness Monster is not real? How about you prove that fairies do not exist? Big Foot? You understand that proving a negative is not really possible, right?
How about proving a positive: you are the one claiming a massive worldwide conspiracy between 10s of countries over several decades to pretend that there was a Cold War. It's up to you to provide some evidence of the conspiracy.
I've, helpfully, dug out these text message exchanges between Khrushchev and Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis:
Khrushchev: LOL! They are actually buying this cold war shit!
Kennedy: I know! It's hilarious, they actually think our countries are enemies.
Khrushchev: they even think nuclear weapons and the space programs are real. Idiots!
Kennedy: well funny
Khrushchev: why are we doing this again, I forget?
Kennedy: errm, I've forgotten as well...ah, got it, it's so they don't find out the earth is actually flat. Remember only the leaders in big countries know that earth is flat, and they don't want anyone else to know.
Khrushchev: I don't really get it....
Kennedy: no, I don't either, but it's still funny!
Khrushchev: yes it is comrade. Have you seen that video of the cat falling off the table? It is well funny too...
Or maybe something like this.
Khrushchev: Are we going to be the first to fake putting a man into space?
Kennedy: Well, yeah, you sell Yuri to the world and have a few years of you lot forging ahead in space exploration, then we can take over from there after getting the public's arses nipping, thinking you are going to trounce us.
Khrushchev:Ahh ok, that sounds good, so what's next?
Kennedy: Well, once we get the publics attention, we can start a full on arms race and space race type of thing, but naturally we have to be the ones that forge ahead over time, so I'll declare we will put a man on the moon.
Khrushchev: Hahahaha. come on Kenner, you can't do that - they won't buy that for a minute.
Kennedy: You just watch. What I'll do is, I'll tell them early in this decade that we will put a man on the moon before this decade is out, then wait till, say...1969, maybe July where we manage it. I've got a great film maker in mind, so we can put pictures out to the public and also I've got some people working on building abslute shit contraptions that we will use as landing vehicles. The sketches look hilarious but the people will buy into it as long as we cover the cereal boxes in gold foil for effect.
Khrushchev: How much can we scrounge from the publics pockets?
Kennedy: Well let's put it this way, the models and filming and such will run into a million or so - maybe less but we can say it will take BILLIONS
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Khrushchev:Genius, Kenner, it looks like we're onto a winner here my son, lovely jubbly.
Kennedy: This cold war malarkey can rake in billions upon billions with arms races, space missions and a whole host of things to come, we will be taking every penny from the gullible public over time as more and more silly notions are thought up. Trust me, we can do anything and the public will just swallow it hook line and sinker.