If you haven’t been on the reality side of life right now, you would know that Palestine and Israel are in a war which is slowly becoming a whole middle east against the west war. Besides wars, inflation is reaching an all time low of 3.2% and apartment/house rent being in a funky situation. Beyond the economic and world part, in my opinion, we are entering a new era in the cinematic/music/entertainment industry with movies from the 70’s to the early 2000’s coming out with sequel musicals,and  new popular music.

Looking back 76 years ago you, can see so many similarities between these two years; 2024 and 1948. Are we going back in time? Have we truly entered a war and a great depression?

The answers depend on how you would like to view what’s going on.

For more information about the similarities between those two years, we have have to go back to 1948, and see what went down.

We can all agree that war has a lot to do with money and inflation, which is why the USA dealt with post World War 2 inflation dropping down to 10%, with its highest rate (that it should have been at) being at 20%. With a democrat leading 1948 and a democrat leading 2024. 

But we aren’t in a war, why would our percentage drop to 3.2% in the present day? The answer to that will have to be, the pandemic aka Covid 19. With business shutting down, even the government shutting down, people losing jobs and such, the inflation began to decline and it is getting worse and worse with how the current economy is working during (a soon to be) war.

Speaking of war, looking back to spring, more specifically, May of 1948, the Palestinians welcomed jewish settlers who escaped the holocaust from Germany, and some parts around Europe to get to the middle eastern country called Palestine. Their settlement began as a UN and UK agreement for the jewish to have some part of Palestine for them to call their own (being Israel). They began to go past that agreement and ended up killing about 110 thousand Palestinians with a good portion of them escaping to countries around, like Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. 

Which is very similar to what is happening now with in just 5 months of the Gaza vs Israel war, over 27 thousand have been killed and 73 thousand displaces, under rubble, or missing, as the USA and UK funding the killing and bombing Palestinian safe zones.

Besides the War and Economy time, Hamlet, Oliver Twist, and the Fallen City releasing and getting big, we got musicals as old hit movies like Mean Girls (2003), Wonka (1971), and even The Color Purple/book (1982). With artist Taylor swift dropping her new album soon and making her own name, Lana Del Rey dropping a tour, and new music genres on the rise, 1948 came out with “all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth”

To conclude all of this, This year is extremely similar to 1948 and is possible we might be going back in history, rather than how some would hope it being similar to 2014 and party 2020.

What do are your thoughts?

https://www.babyboomers.com/1948

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5SiW6eh0ST9AYdlxHmPSxn?si=GwgU8Kg9QR-LYpOz-4lQtQ

Zina K