There’s a question a lot of people are asking themselves in May and June of 2020–could it get any worse? A global pandemic, economic collapse, record unemployment–and now, to the south, an apparent collapse in law and order as rogue police officers take innocent lives and civil unrest, perhaps inevitably, follows suit.

The answer to this question is, of course: yes. It can get worse. Noted American author James Follows provides some important historical context.

The most traumatic year in recent American history—1968—offers some disquieting lessons for the present.

Source: 1968 and 2020: Lessons From America’s Worst Year – The Atlantic