In 1994, after the Newt Gingrich election, when Jesse Helms was made chairman of the foreign relations committee, I asked my Czech-born Russian professor if he was as despondent as I was. "The last time I got upset about politics was when the tanks rolled into Prague in 1968"
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America has had a very gentle time of it the last 80 years or so, and we are not calibrated to keep our heads when things start going wrong. Luckily, the country is full of people who have a broader perspective. Talking to those people may help you feel less worried and upset
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Also they make amazing ethnic foods. I challenge you to eat a kilo of dumplings with bacon and feel anxious about anything
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If you panic now, how silly will you feel when things are ten times worse in a few weeks, and you have no emotional range left? Pacing yourself as a crisis unfolds is key. Leave some fear in the tank for later. Those are my words of reassurance to you.
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This book about that year is great: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0802135307/ …
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Just don’t read about 50 years earlier. 1918 really sucked.
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let’s make this year like 1968 and not like 1918! cancel everything.
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idk disco's about as close to armageddon as it gets
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There was about one airplane hijacking a month(!) back then:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings#1960s …
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Was reading recently about the 1975 LaGuardia airport bombing during the holiday travel season. Imagine how insane we would go today.
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