The 1960s-70s crisis involved multiple dimensions: the war in Vietnam, civil rights movements (Martin Luther King assassination, Bobby Kennedy assassination, riots, Kent State shooting), economic crisis (18% interest rates, high unemployment), and a president forced from office for criminality, yet the country resolved it

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Speaker

George Friedman

Evidence Quote

the 82nd airborne occupied detroit...martin luther king was killed...18 percent interest rates...the president...was forced out of office

Source

George Friedman — The Storm Before the CalmBoston Public Library
Created: 8/10/2026, 1:26:40 PM

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