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We thought the Crisis that impelled the Fourth Turning would be 9/11, or the 2008 financial crisis, or the election of DJT. But those potatoes are too small, t
by rabidrat 7y ago
We thought the Crisis that impelled the Fourth Turning would be 9/11, or the 2008 financial crisis, or the election of DJT. But those potatoes are too small, turns out. Let's hope that the Coronavirus is actually the catalyst that spurs us on to a more positive collectivism.
- IIAOPSW 7y agoMaybe the theory is just bunk because you can always post hoc fit a crisis to a prominent figure. Crisis occur with statistical regularity. I'll be impressed when SHG theory makes a testable prediction.
- pmiller2 7y agoWhat predictions does it make at all, testable or not? I was not able to glean any useful information from the Wiki article, and I am not otherwise familiar enough with the work to know.