Election 2024 - Don't Panic

Continuing the Apocoloptimist series.

As expected, Super Tuesday was a non-event with Trump and Biden sweeping the delegates.  Though Nikki lost her own state of South Carolina a while back she managed to win 9 delegates in Bernie Sanders' socialist state of Vermont.   Now that Nikki has dropped out, the remaining primaries are almost pointless.

Today, I'd like to continue my comparison of the last few years to the turbulent times of the 1960's.

Unprecedented Violence
The 60's was an era of global danger and domestic unrest. 

• The nuclear showdown with the Soviet Union in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• Assassination of JFK
• Lyndon Johnson initiates the Vietnam War
• Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Kennedy
• Riots, arson and looting across the country
• The 1968 DNC Convention is Chicago (which I wrote about yesterday)

Battle of Chicago
I'm not picking on Chicago ... riots and arson engulfed cities across America for several years.  However I've got this awesome newspaper headline so I MUST use it.

Like today, the rhetoric from the Left was amazing and filled with hate ... but it was against the Democrat Party.
"the Democratic Party can continue to perpetuate its policies of domestic and foreign repression while attempting to reestablish control over the American population for another four years."

I encourage you to read the entire article below.

The MLK Riots
As mentioned, the DNC Convention riots were the culmination of a violent period with rioting, arson and looting in cities across the nation over the five year period from 1964-1969.  In many respects, the riots of 1968 and 2020 were similar since both occurred during a pivotal election year.

That said, there are many differences that should be understood.

1. The riots in 1968 were triggered by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.  A genuinely good man and a great leader.  The 2020 riots were triggered by the death of a common thug.
   
2. In 1968 the Democrat president immediately sent thousands of troops to quell the violence.  In 2020 when the Republican president offered troops the Democrats refused and said that only Hitler would use the military.  The hypocrisy is disturbing.

I think the worst aspect of the 2020 riots is that high government officials actually encouraged riots and even insurrection,  and the media went along with it.

Conclusion
There are many parallels between 1968 and 2024.

There is a possibility that agitators (from both sides) will provoke a summer of violence.

There is a possibility that the Party-In-Power will get us into a foreign war to distract us from the failures at home.

That said, we got through the 60's and 70's and I'm confident that we'll get through the 20's, as well.

Be prepared for disruptions but Do Not Panic.