The answer is what is the Soviet Union and Communist China?
Well stated.
“Food is political.” could refer to the “glorious” Soviet leader Stalin, praised by American Communists like the singer Paul Robeson during his brutal reign in which the leader deliberately starved millions of people, denying all train and truck food deliveries and even loading railroad cars with the top soil from their land so they couldn’t adequately grow crops.
Interesting note:
“Jackie Robinson testified against Paul Robeson before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1949 out of a sense of responsibility, fearing Robeson’s comments about Black Americans’ loyalty in the Cold War would harm the Civil Rights Movement by alienating white allies and justifying racism, feeling he had to counter the narrative that Black people were disloyal, even though he later regretted the testimony. Robinson felt compelled to reassure the government and the public that Black Americans were committed to the U.S., not aligned with communism, and would fight for their country, despite their own struggles with discrimination.”