Can anyone remember anything like our current politics?

[leftyladyfrommo]

This is absolutely bizarre. This us one movie I am not going to miss.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I remember Nixon, and J. Edgar's FBI, which were pretty bad...

but I think this is worse.

[PJMcK]

2. Didja ever read 1984? (n/t)

[Zoonart]

3. Never and I've been aware since the 60's.

[anarch]

4. not in the sense of me personally remembering, but the wealthy and powerful have oppressed everyone

else more often than not throughout the history of the world. Hence the movement toward a more egalitarian system being referred to as "progressivism," implying that we'd be making some sort of cultural evolutionary progress by working toward a fairer and more sensible arrangement.

More generally speaking, I think our current politics resemble a goat rodeo.

[RGinNJ]

5. Maybe not since the slow progress of the Kahn invasions.

[gordianot]

6. This is American Civil War II.

The political parties switched sides. Rather simplistic but I am convinced.

[RKP5637]

7. I don't ... it's incredible, everything. US World Leader under tRump. LOL

Here will be tRump's solution.

[zipplewrath]

8. McCarthy

The whole "red scare" thing. The Hollywood black list. Duck and cover drills in the schools. And the last gasps of Jim Crow at its most hideous.

Yeah, things have been really bad before.

[Johonny]

9. No

I imagine in 19th century there was this level of disconnect between politicians and the general public, but certainly nothing post WWII compares to this.