Thanks arthuradamson for your blog. Hindsight is so awesome. Even though I don't live in USA - we were/are pretty much Americanised. I'm glad to say, for myself that attitude has been dumped and kicked to the kerb. Our media followed USA, be it politics, financial markets, entertainment, you name it -we were practically a star on the USA flag. I'm not denigrating the ordinary citizen but those who were in charge of propoganda. corporate greed and corrupt agencies. Nixon's era was a turning point too, but I believe it goes back even further than that. Suffice to say - this is my second day on Steemit and now I feel I have a chance to pay them back in my own small way. By learning about cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and smart contract protocols - because these are what will disrupt the powers that be. I am an old duck with a young mission - learn from history, take this opportunity and make the world a better legacy for the generations to come. Bless you arthuradamson.