Alec Baldwin Warns ‘We Are in a Pre-Civil War’ Environment

BALDWIN: “So I thought I would post something that I’ve been thinking about, which is that yesterday, I think it was on Monday, I traveled home from my trip abroad on Monday. And I came home and without any explicable provocation, without any sense — this being purely subconscious, I don’t know why, I don’t really live very much in the subconscious, because of all my kids, everything’s pretty much right in front of me and now — but in the world of the subconscious, I reached for the television, and I went to my PBS, you know, passport account, whatever it is called these days, to watch Ken Burns’ ‘The Civil War.’ I have no idea why. Something told me, somebody — something let my hand to pick up the remote and turn on my television. [coughs] Sorry. And watch Ken Burns’ famous, famous mini series. And boy, you can see now that we are in a pre-Civil War culture now. When they describe things back then politically, there are profound differences, of course, in terms of just history and age and, you know, what life was like back then, and cotton and slavery and Lincoln and Robert E. Lee and so forth. There’s just so many — this incredible story, awful that this country had to go through that, awful. But as a story, it’s just overwhelmingly powerful and fascinating. But I look at the politics of it, of where people are in this country today, in the division and how they’re holding fast, and no one’s going to falter, no one’s going to break or compromise. And it’s bad. So I think in terms of that, I’m trying to stop from yawning because I’m so tired from the jet lag, but in order to — in order for us to get anywhere, it doesn’t seem likely right now. And watching this show really reminded me of how we are in a very similar state now, in a pre-Civil War culture, in a pre-Civil War environment. It’s hard to believe. If you have some time and you’re looking for something good to watch on TV, find, in any way you can, on the internet, Ken Burns’ epic, epic piece, ‘The Civil War.’ It’s — it’s remarkable.”