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<blockquote data-quote="mightymouse" data-source="post: 3382514" data-attributes="member: 15253"><p>First of all, the sky is not falling. This country has not been on the brink of civil war since the spring of 1861. Coincidently, that conflict was over the plight of black people in America. Black people are much better off in America now than they were in 1861, particularly in the South. Even the BLM has to acknowledge that fact.</p><p></p><p>The Sixties were easily more turbulent than the current decade. Cities burned and looting was often out of control, colleges were in turmoil, an unpopular war in Viet Nam exacerbated racial tensions, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were assassinated, the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968 turned into a riot, there were Klan-involved lynchings and killings throughout the South, the Civil Rights and Black Power movements gained momentum--in short, the Sixties were far more turbulent than what we're seeing now. Somehow we survived.</p><p></p><p>The last great economic collapse in this country was in 1929. Sure, there have been recessions since than, and the CO-VID 19 pandemic has hurt the economy. But the economy is rebounding, and the outlook for the near future looks quite good considering all the gloom that accompanied the pandemic.</p><p></p><p>Socialism, Anarchy, and Communism all have a hold on the younger generation, which lacks the historical perspective necessary to see through the hucksters and the small-minded hobgoblins they peddle. In time, though, when they have car payments and mortgages and kids, they'll forget about the silliness that so enraptures them today. The future is not as gloomy as some appear to think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mightymouse, post: 3382514, member: 15253"] First of all, the sky is not falling. This country has not been on the brink of civil war since the spring of 1861. Coincidently, that conflict was over the plight of black people in America. Black people are much better off in America now than they were in 1861, particularly in the South. Even the BLM has to acknowledge that fact. The Sixties were easily more turbulent than the current decade. Cities burned and looting was often out of control, colleges were in turmoil, an unpopular war in Viet Nam exacerbated racial tensions, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were assassinated, the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968 turned into a riot, there were Klan-involved lynchings and killings throughout the South, the Civil Rights and Black Power movements gained momentum--in short, the Sixties were far more turbulent than what we're seeing now. Somehow we survived. The last great economic collapse in this country was in 1929. Sure, there have been recessions since than, and the CO-VID 19 pandemic has hurt the economy. But the economy is rebounding, and the outlook for the near future looks quite good considering all the gloom that accompanied the pandemic. Socialism, Anarchy, and Communism all have a hold on the younger generation, which lacks the historical perspective necessary to see through the hucksters and the small-minded hobgoblins they peddle. In time, though, when they have car payments and mortgages and kids, they'll forget about the silliness that so enraptures them today. The future is not as gloomy as some appear to think. [/QUOTE]
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