Welcome to the 1970s Redux.

I apologize for not writing a blog post in over a month. Been doing other stuff. But anyway, now for my rant. One of the most common sayings is that "History repeats itself". When you look at how things are nowadays, many of the same issues we're facing now were relevant way back in the 1970s, such as crime, inflation, homelessness, abortion, women's rights, racism, LGBTQ issues, censorship, war and political corruption. The only thing missing to make this a true return to the 70s is a resurgence of disco. And I would not look good in a white polyester suit.

But you'd think in more than 40 years, America would have learned it's lesson by now. But no. If anything, not only are things even worse than they were back then, people can't find a way to put aside their differences and work towards solving the issues we're facing. Americans ultimately did find a way to turn itself around in the 1980s and especially in the 1990s, but unlike today, there was no social media and no extremely biased news outlets, let alone as many as there are today. If these two elements were removed, then Americans would be able to think for themselves more clearly instead and make their own informed decisions without thinking that anyone who disagrees with them is the enemy.

Unless Americans can find a way to start thinking for themselves again and not listen to everything MSNBC and Vox or Fox News and National Review tell them, we may never be able to break free from Malaise 2.0 and America itself may cease to exist.