various assassinations, the brink of nuclear apocalypse, an unpopular political war away from home that caused a social movement, and political espionage.

It’s like we’re cursed.

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    “Extinction is the rule, survival is the exception” - Carl Sagan

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      There’s an unbroken chain of descent between you and the first single-celled organism.

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      While it’s true that the US survived all of those challenges of the past and had a pretty good run after WWII… was that just the coin toss coming up heads 10x in a row?