Renowned historian and documentarian Ken Burns recently said that this moment in American history is one of the worst times the country has gone through, including the Civil War.
In fact, tensions and animosity in the country right now are “equal” to the Civil War, to Burns’ thinking.
Burns made his comments during a Monday interview on the “SmartLess” podcast, a show hosted by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes.
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Ken Burns Warns Of Great Crisis
Burns, though a Democrat, has produced some of the country’s most well-regarded documentaries – including The Civil War, Baseball, and The Vietnam War.
The discussion led to making comparisons to some of the most trying times in U.S. history, with the Civil War, the Great Depression, and World War II all being brought up.
When Burns was asked about where he thought America was headed in the future, he gave an ominous answer.
“It’s really serious,” Burns insisted. “There are three great crises before this: the Civil War, the Depression, and World War II.”
“This is equal to it,” Burns warned.
Burns thought it helpful to the conversation to to include a quote from Abraham Lincoln. His quote came from a 1938 speech delivered by the 16th president in Springfield, Illinois.
“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger?” Lincoln said at the time. “Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never.”
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Burns: ‘We’re Looking Right Down The Muzzle Of That Gun’
Lincoln continued, “All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years.”
Could not load the poll.“No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher” Lincoln warned. “As a nation of free men, we will live forever or die by suicide.”
After reading Lincoln’s warning from 183 years ago, Burns said, “We’re looking right down the muzzle of that gun.”
In the middle of July, a YouGov poll found that 37% of Americans indicated a ‘willingness to secede’ from the United States.
The poll found very interesting results. Among those who support secession:
- 43% of Independents in the Midwest
- 47% of Democrats on the West Coast
- 39% of Democrats on the Northeast
- 43% of Republicans in the Mountain states
- 66% of Republicans in the South
This piece originally appeared in ThePoliticalInsider.com and is used by permission.
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We don’t need Ken Burns to tell us the obvious. This guy looks stranger with every photo taken of him. WEIRD
Fodder for a docuserial then ???
War will come and I will stand with true Americans, fighting Democratic tyranny
More correctly Socialist?Communist DemoncRAT tyranny!
Actually, I would call it socialist tyranny. I agree with you, but I am really hoping the American citizens will start local and kick the commies out of elected or unelected offices and send them to the curb. Disband the teachers unions and get the cops back on the streets to do their jobs.
This something we almost all KNOW THIS , but the Demoncraps are hoping against hope they can get total control before they are stopped!! THEY ARE THE EVIL WE NEED TO FIGHT !!
Ken Burns, though talented, is a PSB flaming hack liberal.
Mr Burns comments aside, it’s clear how we got to this situation!, he didn’t mention . My question is this is there any situation caused by the left that they will not defend ? How bad will that be ?
Not yet, son, but if the Democrats keep it up who knows?
Similar disrutpion has happened in the US 2-3 times since the end of the civil war. The problem is the seriously disruprive slave sent to th eUS by african countries to get rid of them were NOT sent back to africa after the war! No they were allowed to stay and continue to forment trouble – lawlessness, anti-government and such behavior! Just the reasons they were sold as slaves by their rulers. Make sense? It sure does to me! Theri own people/race didn’t want THEM!
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Lincoln was President from 1861 to his assassination in 1865.