There had never been a time like it, and there would never be a time like it again. Sure America didn’t officially have royalty, but it did have them unofficially.
The unprecedented election of a Catholic in America as President – John Fitzgerald Kennedy – Jack Kennedy. A man from the new monied class. Well his daddy had made his money as a bootlegger, bringing illegal booze into America. There was big money in that. And with lots of money comes respectability. Jack Kennedy represented the new college educated elite class of people. Smarter than the stupid blue collar working man. Now there could be a meritocracy. Let the elite smart people run the country.
His wife was a huge asset not to be underrated. Jackie Kennedy brought the old money class with her. And respectability for the Kennedy clan.
So the Kennedy’s brought together two branches of upper-crust America. Two mighty rivers that merged and became an irresistible force that was sweeping us ever faster on towards the new woke that is threatening to take over today’s world.
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