time to save the American Government's finances.
I had intended to list the planks one by one, but first, it will make less sense, and seem less cohesively thought out, if I do it that way, so here are the main planks affecting Finance
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That statement and my experience suffers from a recency bias, namely, today's situation is now and that was then, the now always feels more "strong" than the then. Additionally, I was but a child then, living in a bigoted town, a smart kid, but not really understanding enough of the situation. Now, I am more (or less) aware, depending.
The word I should have used instead of "strong" was "pervasive". I DO think the injustices suffered previous to the civil rights movement and the corrections made were felt much more strongly by a part of our population then than they almost anything anyone could be feeling now. The Subjugation released was so important, more strong than any fear anyone could be currently realizing. Something like that.
But I DO think that the current movement against the Government is more pervasive than what was occurring then. Back then, the oppressed, their saviors, and the few enlightened knew what was happening and felt the movement strongly. There were more fence-sitters, people who didn't feel anything. There were many more opponents, people who actually fought against the Civil Rights Movement.
Today's anti-Government movement is more subtle in that it isn't generating the same strength of emotion in anybody that probably occurred in Tommie Smith and John Carlos. That emotion was not seconded by many Americans. Today's slow motion "rebellion" is coming from a much more broad-based group of supporters, and I don't know anyone who DOESN't think the US government needs change of some sort. I knew plenty who didn't think equality for women or blacks was necessary. That is about what I was trying to say.
So, I apologize to the CR movement, and for the misleading words here. Part of it is, Americans have been politically apathetic for a long time now (imo), and to see so many diverse groups all (generally) wanting the same thing (Change), that feels like a newish phenomenon to me. The CR movement was different. And in most every sense, Stronger.
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