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BlueTsunami2018

(5,101 posts)
34. Yep, the ruling class took over completely from that point.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 05:31 PM
5 hrs ago

Doesn’t really matter who was in power, we just continued to keep creeping further and further to the right economically and in foreign policy. Policies that destroyed the industrial base and middle class just kept coming and the imperialism never stopped without the People benefitting a single bit from any of it. Union market share has declined continuously, bank deregulation and tax cuts turned us from a bottom up economy to this trickle down horseshit economy we still maintain to this day.

And it only gets worse from here. Americans have been conditioned so well to accept these things that are horrible for them as the “natural order of humanity” that there doesn’t seem to be any way to reverse them by conventional means.

We’re well and truly fucked. And we’ve done it to ourselves.

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That's what it felt like to me. Thinking about it now brings those feelings back. Biophilic 14 hrs ago #1
Then we topped the whole decade off with Kent State. The 60s were truly over. Walleye 13 hrs ago #2
Yes, not just one assassination or event but the culmination. End of an era. txwhitedove 12 hrs ago #6
Kennedy and KS azureblue 2 hrs ago #43
The people in charge knew what would happen if they gave those weekend warriors live ammo and crowd control Walleye 1 hr ago #47
This still makes me misty Dave in VA 2 hrs ago #42
Me too azureblue 2 hrs ago #44
I have been saying that the younger generation is angry with us and disappointed Walleye 1 hr ago #49
Damn! These onions...! slightlv 9 min ago #50
I've been saying that for at least 50 years CanonRay 13 hrs ago #3
I would say, after Nixon, there was a chance to right the ship. harumph 12 hrs ago #4
When they let Nixon skate for the good of the country. Blue Full Moon 12 hrs ago #12
I think the assassination of MLK, Jr. had even more impact. yardwork 12 hrs ago #5
I Disagree. In Terms Of Civil Rights, Of Course. But RFK Was Going.... ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #11
I will disagree with that. Most of the delegates were chosen in the backroom rurallib 11 hrs ago #16
What? llmart 2 hrs ago #41
no mokeyz 11 hrs ago #23
I agree. intheflow 10 hrs ago #28
It did, azureblue 2 hrs ago #45
I felt that way at the time.. mountain grammy 12 hrs ago #7
Actually, RFK was shot in the early a.m. of June 5, & pronounced dead on June 6, which is the usual date associated.... ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #8
Was it Eastern or Pacific time? 12:31AM or 12:32? Chasstev365 12 hrs ago #13
Sixties Peak unweird 12 hrs ago #9
That would be a great topic for a time travel story Unwind Your Mind 12 hrs ago #10
A lot of things changed in the 90s videohead5 12 hrs ago #14
Yes! Chasstev365 12 hrs ago #15
Ken Starr's ascension was a real turning point for this country. (eom) StevieM 9 hrs ago #29
Regean azureblue 2 hrs ago #46
..... markie 11 hrs ago #17
😢 Chasstev365 11 hrs ago #18
I was getting ready to post that song. wnylib 5 hrs ago #33
Wow...disappointing! electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #35
That was a bad day for me BeneteauBum 11 hrs ago #19
The 1971 Powell Memo finished kicking us off the cliff. Ralph Nader's assessment of what we've lost. jmbar2 11 hrs ago #20
I would say it began with the assassination of President Kennedy dlk 11 hrs ago #21
Yup! mokeyz 11 hrs ago #22
I remember it all..... 😔 electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #24
Thanks for sharing your vivid memories of those horrible times. erronis 5 hrs ago #31
Oh, hey, thanks. electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #32
My brother volunteered in RFK's office during the campaign. appleannie1 11 hrs ago #25
The nation goes forward and the nation slips backward. CBHagman 10 hrs ago #26
I am willing to be contrarian on this point. NNadir 10 hrs ago #27
Bush/Florida 2000 created Trump DemocracyForever 9 hrs ago #30
Yep, the ruling class took over completely from that point. BlueTsunami2018 5 hrs ago #34
If Senator Kennedy hadn't become President, and remained on politics; he still would have been an Active Voice for... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #36
Thats the date i felt i left my childhood behind. slightlv 3 hrs ago #37
I say it went down the wrong track a few months prior when the Tet Offensive started. Crowman2009 3 hrs ago #38
*Sigh* NBachers 3 hrs ago #39
On July 4th 1968 a WWII era submarine was anchored in Edgartown Harbor Martha's Vineyard Submariner 2 hrs ago #40
and this is why azureblue 1 hr ago #48
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