Radical Theory Says Major Crises Remake America Every 80 Years

[MiamiOffshore]

https://bigthink.com/politics-current-a ... -80-years/

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POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS — AUGUST 16, 2018
A radical theory says major crises remake America every 80 years
A theory of history says America is in the grips of a crisis called "The Fourth Turning" that will change it forever.

One common fact uniting such events as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the Second World War is that they happened about 80 years apart. What Neil Howe and William Strauss proposed in the books Generations: the History of America’s Future (1991), and The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy(1997) is that American history flows in cycles and every 80-100 years cataclysmic crises happen that completely reshape the country.

Their predictions saw a major upheaval called “The Fourth Turning” starting in the early years of the 20th century. The climax of that event would happen around 2020, and the resolution around 2026. As the United States contends itself with an unpredictable leader whose legitimacy is attacked through serious ongoing investigations, it is also drowning under the flood of useful and fake information and being strongly pulled apart along partisan lines. It’s not hard to feel a serious crisis being possible during this period.

[dammitgriff]

I’ve been familiar with Strauss & Howe’s work for several years and strongly contend the cyclical nature of politics and events influenced by governments is born out in practice.
R/Griff