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RE: Facebook goes full Big Brother with new “extremism” warnings
I haven't read the book, but I am aware of the concept, and I have read some articles about it.
I actually noticed a sort of cyclical ~80 year pattern to American history (American Revolution --> Civil War --> WWII --> 2020s) a couple decades ago, before hearing about Generational Theory. It's not a perfect fit, because you have WWI and the Great Depression in there, but it's close enough to raise eyebrows. As a result, I have been wary of the 2020s for quite some time.
And you're right, the reemergence of the same failed ideas definitely fits well into that framework.
The Great Depression started the Crises Season, which gave birth to the Silent Generation, and that ended with WWII, which marked the beginning of the Season of the High, which gave birth to the Baby Boomers. What you pointed out there, were the endings of the "80 years cycle" or Saeculum, but those ending points are generally preceded 20 years prior, by an economic collapse. We are moving towards war, as the cycle goes from Great Depression 1929 to Great Recession 2009.
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Think of WWI more like 9/11!
Along those lines, one of the articles I read said that WWI fit into Europe's 80 year cycle, whereas WWII fit into America's. WWI was almost over by the time that America joined.
In your video, you mentioned your belief that the global cycles might be harmonized now, I can imagine that Europe and America might have come into synch during the Great Depression and WWII.
I absolutely agree, Steve. Even Howe and Stauss said that the rhythms were specific to each society or region of the world, but with globalization and globalism, and especially a global economy, we are all syncing to the saeculum together. Russia is meant to be in the High, but the global recession, and this covid scenario has pushed us closer to total synchronization, which will be finalized with some kind of war, which I believe will be more cyber-based than hand-to-hand combat. The new battleground is digital!