various assassinations, the brink of nuclear apocalypse, an unpopular political war away from home that caused a social movement, and political espionage.

It’s like we’re cursed.

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    I think a big factor was world war I. Europe got decimated so the US had a major upper hand.

    Then World war II happened and the US was still mostly untouched. We are seeing the fall out of a war that happened in the 30s/40s