America

[Mark A Becker]

.. about 1964, it all began to go wrong.


Welcome to the new world. 

But that shining city on a hill is back, and we're headed for it again if you don't fall off.

Being alive in 1964, I thought mostly about baseball, and girls; didn't notice much going wrong then. Oh, you must mean the landmark Civil Rights Act which attempted to level the playing field.Or maybe the Vietnam war? Or the nasty spate of assassinations in the '60's? Or the mini-skirts, and long hair? Or all of the sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll? A whole lot could've gone wrong with what was going on. But America still stands. Imagine that.

What new world? Just different players, higher tech, and more noise.

And that RayGun 'shining city on a a hill' b.s. It actually meant 10+ % inflation, 15-20% interest on major purchases, along with that 'ketchup is a vegetable' nonsense. That 'hill' was way off in the distance for most of us.

My wife and I are better positioned now, but plenty of folks are probably gonna be charging up that hill with pitchforks. DC burned in the '60's, and the smell will probably be about the same should that happen again. This time it may well be Proud Boys with tiki torches lighting the flames