Adding to your point:
The US population today is approximately double what it was in 1957-58.
332M today
151M in 1950
179M in 1960.
So if growing at an even rate during the decade, that would make 1957 approx. 170M
back in the 50s the globalists were much weaker and the general population was better educated and wouldn’t take this kind of shiite
1957 - 171,984,130. 1958 - 174,881,904
172,000.00 x 2 = 344,000.00
As said, "approximately double."