{"id":3386,"date":"2025-10-21T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:20:38","slug":"what-was-said-in-1965-seemed-unthinkable-but-54-years-later-its-our-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=3386","title":{"rendered":"What was said in 1965 seemed unthinkable \u2014 but 54 years later, it\u2019s our reality."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/167-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/167-1.jpg 348w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/167-1-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When iconic broadcaster Paul Harvey delivered his piece <em>\u201cIf I Were the Devil\u201d<\/em> back in 1965, many took it as sharp social commentary \u2014 a cautionary tale. But nearly 60 years later, his words feel less like opinion\u2026 and more like an unsettling glimpse into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his steady, persuasive voice, Harvey didn\u2019t warn of destruction through bombs or battles. Instead, he painted a picture of a society unraveling from the inside \u2014 not by force, but by seduction, complacency, and moral erosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I were the Devil,\u201d he imagined,<br>\u201cI\u2019d whisper, \u2018Do whatever feels good.\u2019<br>I\u2019d tell young people the Bible is just a story \u2014 that man created God, not the other way around.<br>I\u2019d strip God from schools, courts, and even churches.<br>I\u2019d flood communities with drugs and alcohol.<br>I\u2019d tear families apart and make them too busy or too broken to notice.<br>I\u2019d urge people to put their faith not in God, but in government.<br>I\u2019d trade wisdom for indulgence, facts for personal opinions \u2014 and sell it all as freedom.<br>And I\u2019d keep pushing\u2026 until the world quietly fell into my grasp.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When iconic broadcaster Paul Harvey delivered his piece \u201cIf I Were the Devil\u201d back in 1965, many took it as sharp social commentary \u2014 a cautionary tale. But nearly 60 years later, his words feel less like opinion\u2026 and more like an unsettling glimpse into the future. With his steady, persuasive voice, Harvey didn\u2019t warn&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=3386\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;What was said in 1965 seemed unthinkable \u2014 but 54 years later, it\u2019s our reality.&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3392,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions\/3392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}