This Is Nothing New

There have always been terrible things going on.

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I keep reading how terrible things are. It is true, there are terrible things going on. But there have always been terrible things going on. Slavery, The Great Depression, World War II, Vietnam, serial killers, murder, rape, racism, injustice, violence, diseases, war, abuse, terrorism, corrupt politicians, poverty, crime, natural disasters, and on…