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Worst Period in American History?

Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:44 pm
Posted by Skenes
Member since Mar 2025
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Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:44 pm
American Civil War
Japanese Concentration Camps
Black Lives Matter
Great Depression
9/11 with Muslim Americans
Vietnam War
COVID Epidemic


Posted by Barbellthor
Columbia
Member since Aug 2015
10946 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:45 pm to
Rev war

Edit: all the lack of technology, including medicine, of the civil war, plus the reality that if we lost the war England would do very bad things whereas with the CW we'd just not be separated. We were a small, fledging set of colonies. Much less infrastructure, etc. Much more to lose.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 4:05 pm
Posted by Covingtontiger77
Member since Dec 2015
11712 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:45 pm to


Obama : 2008- to Present

That’s when the woke mind virus began and it became fashionable to hate yourself because you are white and should be shamed.
Posted by tigerinexile
The greatest parish
Member since Sep 2004
1525 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:46 pm to
The civil war not even close. It opened the door to the all powerful federal government.
Posted by OldHickory
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2012
10778 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:46 pm to
January 9, 2012
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
43977 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:46 pm to
1913: Federal Reserve and Federal Income taxes implemented.

Inflation and perpetual conflicts began.
Posted by Broski
Member since Jun 2011
79222 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:47 pm to
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American Civil War



It's got to be this and not remotely close.

Multiple battles being fought on US home soil. Even disregarding that, life in the mid-1800's was miserable.
Posted by Nobelium
Member since May 2018
862 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:47 pm to
Civil War






100 lightyear sized gap






Everything else on your list
Posted by lsuguy84
Madisonville
Member since Feb 2009
26405 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:47 pm to
1-9-2012
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
1574 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:48 pm to
The suffrage period.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15739 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:48 pm to
quote:

Obama : 2008- to Present

That’s when the woke mind virus began and it became fashionable to hate yourself because you are white and should be shamed


You're really putting that over shite like the Civil War?
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
10592 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:49 pm to
I went out with a chick once who had a pretty bad cycle in 1994. I’d say it’s up there for worst period of my life at least.
Posted by Covingtontiger77
Member since Dec 2015
11712 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:49 pm to

You're really putting that over shite like the Civil War?

Yep. I wasn’t living during that time frame.

I liked America post Civil War until 2008.



Posted by PGAOLDBAWNevahBroke
Member since Oct 2025
100 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:55 pm to
My wifes last period was brutal. She was not a happy camper and wouldnt even give the usual bj to me til after so Im gonna vote that was the worst.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100657 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:58 pm to
Great Depression or Civil War

I’d argue the Great Depression because it lasted like a decade
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
43170 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:58 pm to
Great Depression
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2017
13779 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:59 pm to
The depression was pretty bad
Posted by StansberryRules
Member since Aug 2024
4410 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:59 pm to
Great depression
Civil war

Think those two are obvious "winners"

From my own lifetime COVID era, not just covid but all the hyper woke bullshite that began being forced into every aspect of everything.
Posted by Strannix
C.S.A.
Member since Dec 2012
52939 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:10 pm to
Obama/Biden years
Posted by Ping Pong
LSU and UVA alum
Member since Aug 2014
6020 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:10 pm to
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The civil war not even close. It opened the door to the all powerful federal government.


I'm not sure what you're basing that claim on, but the permanent growth of federal spending began during FDR's administration. Ultimately the foundation for this growth was created under Woodrow Wilson's presidency (the worst US president in my opinion).

Wilson passed the 16th amendment (gave congress the ability to tax income) and created the federal reserve system which has been detrimental to devaluing the dollar and lining the pockets of the wealthy and powerful.

However, no act of Wilson played a bigger role in increasing the size of the federal government than the 19th amendment. Before women could vote, the federal government would only grow during a time of war and would quickly fall to pre-war spending levels once the war concluded. However, women tend to vote in favor of social safety nets, and the federal government has steadily grew in size since the New Deal.

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