The civil rights movement in the 60s brought around change for the positive in a number of wsys. The biggest of them being that by the end of the 70's MOST people, as you said, had come together to some extent. The racial issues were no longer the focus. And people from a variety of backgrounds and political beliefs were able to openly discuss their differences and find a compromise that let us all live in harmony.
There were those in power that were loosing their grip on the power they had because people no longer feared their neighbor that was "different" somehow. Without that fear the ones loosing power were going to be out of control and will once again be one of us common folk. This scared the hell out of them so they started stirring that pot again. In the early to mid 90s.
Here we are, almost 30 years later and we are just as divided as before the civil rights movement that brought us together.
Some people just can not fathom the idea of no being one of the powerful elite.
I've spent much of the last thirty years cautioning those I know that wish to burn it all down and start over, we wouldn't guaranteed anything like what we had to begin with once the conflagration had ended, but after 2008 I began to vacillate. Obvious lies were sold as fact and daring to point that out brought unprecedented negative attention across the spectrum. The systems of government were brought to bear against any who dared question the narrative and the cracks in our foundations began to fissure.
The last three years or so, I've offered 5 gallons of gas and a match. Sometimes a structure is so badly damaged, major demolition is necessary if it to be saved at all. Sometimes an infected limb must be amputated to save the patients life if the corruption is too deep.
I would love nothing better that to find a way to mend fences, but that requires a cooperation I truly wonder is available anymore.
I am unable to see a way forward at this point. The intentional division of our nation may be the catalyst of a bloody war. At a minimum the nation may divide and I for one see that as a potentially positive outcome with no other options short of bloodshed.
The civil rights movement in the 60s brought around change for the positive in a number of wsys. The biggest of them being that by the end of the 70's MOST people, as you said, had come together to some extent. The racial issues were no longer the focus. And people from a variety of backgrounds and political beliefs were able to openly discuss their differences and find a compromise that let us all live in harmony.
There were those in power that were loosing their grip on the power they had because people no longer feared their neighbor that was "different" somehow. Without that fear the ones loosing power were going to be out of control and will once again be one of us common folk. This scared the hell out of them so they started stirring that pot again. In the early to mid 90s.
Here we are, almost 30 years later and we are just as divided as before the civil rights movement that brought us together.
Some people just can not fathom the idea of no being one of the powerful elite.
I've spent much of the last thirty years cautioning those I know that wish to burn it all down and start over, we wouldn't guaranteed anything like what we had to begin with once the conflagration had ended, but after 2008 I began to vacillate. Obvious lies were sold as fact and daring to point that out brought unprecedented negative attention across the spectrum. The systems of government were brought to bear against any who dared question the narrative and the cracks in our foundations began to fissure.
The last three years or so, I've offered 5 gallons of gas and a match. Sometimes a structure is so badly damaged, major demolition is necessary if it to be saved at all. Sometimes an infected limb must be amputated to save the patients life if the corruption is too deep.
I would love nothing better that to find a way to mend fences, but that requires a cooperation I truly wonder is available anymore.
I am unable to see a way forward at this point. The intentional division of our nation may be the catalyst of a bloody war. At a minimum the nation may divide and I for one see that as a potentially positive outcome with no other options short of bloodshed.