If you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be?
If you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be?
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I'd save RFK and give him a full two-term presidency. Just because I've always wondered how much a difference it would have made in the course of American history. It definitely seems like things took a severe turn for the worse in the late 60s and the American political system has never recovered.
I personally believe there were conspiracies to assassinate both him and JFK because they were not susceptible to being controlled by their donors or political mentors, as is the case with the vast majority of politicians. They were rogue elements with a strong potential to disrupt the status quo (i.e. gravy train) for the rest of the oligarchy, so they got taken out.
Reagan is where things got fucked. Give Carter two mandates instead.
Por que no los dos
Carter?
I wasn't alive for these events and I am possibly missing context. But I just see an inflection point in the 60s and I don't know if another term from Carter in 1980 would have been enough to turn things around. I also feel like he was a less impactful character than RFK
The main turning point was 1971, as referenced by the website (https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/).
Nixon was the president then, and the main force was that the economy was decoupled from the gold standard
Edit: president
It makes me sad the site seems to be pushing crypto. Or maybe it's that crypto bros keep referencing the event? Chicken and egg? I dunno
Nah that was Nixon. If RFK had been elected, withdrawn from Vietnam earlier and not been corrupt, things may have gone differently
My brain goofed, I knew that. Thanks for the correction!