Not a Pax Americana

Why JFK's assassination still matters

Reporter: Steven Saint

Why would someone in his 20s be interested in the assassination of a president that took place 61 years ago? Zaggitor-in-Chief Steven Saint posed this question to Nick Flores, the 27-year-old Eureka native who hosts the podcast, Growing Pains.

“This story is kind of a hallmark for knowing the truth,” Nick said about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place on Nov. 22, 1963. “We, the public, don't always get the truth. What do we not know that we think we do?”

Steven proceeded to explain how the “Pax Americana” that JFK rejected in 1963 (pictured above speaking at American University) first started in 1898 and marched over Kennedy's dead body to the present day – when it looks like the American Empire is about to crumble. Something people in their 20s ought to know.

Here's a link to the most famous quote from JFK's “Peace Speech”:

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