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    Thread: I'm a sceptic that the 4th Turning started in 2008
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The Biden/Harris ticket is a sure winner, according to the cyclical theory of history. Why? Because they want to bring America together. Enough said. And that's all either Biden or Harris needs to c...
Marc Lamb Turnings 326 128,797 09-13-2020, 09:26 PM
    Thread: I'm a sceptic that the 4th Turning started in 2008
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A solid case for the most dominate issue of the 1932 political campaign was not the 1929 market crash, but rather repeal of the 18th Amendment. Kinda destroys the notion of a sudden catalyst, resultin...
Marc Lamb Turnings 326 128,797 07-26-2020, 09:47 PM
    Thread: I'm a sceptic that the 4th Turning started in 2008
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(07-22-2020, 12:34 PM)David Horn Wrote: (07-21-2020, 09:31 PM)Marc Lamb Wrote: If today's Democrats believe the Constitution is hopelessly flawed and invalid, win an election with the aim to settl...
Marc Lamb Turnings 326 128,797 07-23-2020, 10:12 PM
    Thread: I'm a sceptic that the 4th Turning started in 2008
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Frankly I think the big elephant in this "Generational Theory" room is a flawed consensus among you all is that a 4T somehow represents a "regeneration" of sorts, where a solid majority gets on the sa...
Marc Lamb Turnings 326 128,797 07-21-2020, 09:31 PM
    Thread: I'm a sceptic that the 4th Turning started in 2008
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(06-30-2020, 02:59 PM)Mikebert Wrote: If Dems drop the ball then 2020 will just be another potential trigger that didn't trigger anything. The shit will keep hitting the fan... Just a few observati...
Marc Lamb Turnings 326 128,797 07-15-2020, 05:58 PM
    Thread: COVID-19 versus the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
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(03-13-2020, 01:37 PM)Mickey123 Wrote: If this had happened in the 90s, the response would have been entirely different.  People are freaking out, and desperately want the government to do somethi...
Marc Lamb Turnings 14 6,320 03-17-2020, 10:37 PM
    Thread: Political Cycle Model for Saeculum
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(09-01-2019, 04:40 PM)Mikebert Wrote: I have since moved on from the generational theory as a useful way to understand historical dynamics and started working in the discipline of cliodynamics.  I h...
Marc Lamb Theories Of History 48 34,690 09-04-2019, 08:12 PM
    Thread: Political Cycle Model for Saeculum
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(08-25-2019, 10:06 PM)Marc Lamb Wrote: The previous posts by the him, her, or whatever gender pronoun pbrower2a prefers, perfectly illustrate why the S&H cyclical history theory is... My apolog...
Marc Lamb Theories Of History 48 34,690 08-26-2019, 09:51 PM
    Thread: Political Cycle Model for Saeculum
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Mr. Horn writes: "In short, you believe that the theory supports everyone's biases, but provides no real guidance.  So why bother? If, after the fact, it is what it is, it will be that without any int...
Marc Lamb Theories Of History 48 34,690 08-26-2019, 09:39 PM
    Thread: Political Cycle Model for Saeculum
Post: RE: Political Cycle Model for Saeculum

The previous posts by the him, her, or whatever gender pronoun pbrower2a prefers, perfectly illustrate why the S&H cyclical history theory is really meaningless beyond something as an interesting ...
Marc Lamb Theories Of History 48 34,690 08-25-2019, 10:06 PM
    Thread: Political Cycle Model for Saeculum
Post: RE: Political Cycle Model for Saeculum

I'll be posting a summary of my dusty old-approach to the generational cycle, post 9/11 soon. While I weed through the cobwebs, you can bookmark Mike's thread here, if curious, for a heads up.
Marc Lamb Theories Of History 48 34,690 08-22-2019, 08:04 PM
    Thread: Political Cycle Model for Saeculum
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(05-06-2016, 04:53 AM)Mikebert Wrote: One of the reasons S&H do not get serious attention from scientifically-inclined social scientists might be because they gave little for scholars to work wi...
Marc Lamb Theories Of History 48 34,690 08-20-2019, 10:37 PM