Hacker News Reader

> Nevertheless there were kind of bipartisan agreement to push this program which, in current situation of the divide in the society, would be hard to achieve,

Note that the bipartisanship of the post-WW2, pre-2000s period was almost entirely a product of the long series of overlapping political realignments going on, which left the main political divides in the country poorly aligned with the split between the major parties—there was intense political polarization, and at many times intense political violence, but it wasn't partisan because the splits cut across rather than between the major parties.

> Also the claim that 1960s were turbulent is not really correct. In fact, 1970s were really turbulent with the rise of domestic terrorism

Thr 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s were all turbulent, and domestic terrorism (including state and state-tolerated terrorism, particularly around racial issues) was quite prominent in the 1950s; “domestic terrorism” was not unique to the 1970s, though calling domestic political violence “terrorism” may have increased then.

Even today this topic is often brought up in rap lyrics. Quest's last album had a song called "The Space Program" which featured the hook:

  "There ain't a space program for niggas
   Yeah, you stuck here, nigga"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Program_(song)

What a poet

That's a hook but yeah Tribe Called Quest is one of the most interesting groups in rap to listen to if you're listening for lyrical content

I was being sarcastic...

I particularly like how they use `space` in two different ways, from Q-Tip's second verse:

   These notions and ideas and citizens live in space
   I chuckle just like all of y'all, absurdity, after all
   Takes money to get it running and money for trees to fall
   Imagine for one second all the people are colored, please
   Imagine for one second all the people in poverty
   No matter the skin tone, culture or time zone
   Think the ones who got it
   Would even think to throw you a bone?
   Moved you out your neighborhood, did they find you a home?
   Nah cypher, probably no place to
   Imagine if this shit was really talkin’ about space, dude

While the rich and powerful imagine of blasting off to outer space, advancing the frontiers of humanity, boldly going where no man has gone before -- the poor still find themselves squabbling for just a little space on the planet we all call home. Imagine if 'space program' really meant 'space' program?

Yes the layered meaning is beautiful. It's both a meta point on the verse itself as well as a criticism about the political motivations behind "the space program"

Thanks for posting it here

The late 60s definitely qualify as turbulent. What is your claim in the negative?

I think OP meant relative to the 70s.

I think you meant “inaccuracies”