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    Thread: Were Strauss & Howe Wrong?
Post: RE: Were Strauss & Howe Wrong?

Walt Rostow's scheme is somewhat different. In the beginning, there were the laborers - most of whom were agricultural, but if a country is fortunate enough to have natural resources, there could be ...
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 3 1,679 06-03-2023, 09:00 PM
    Thread: Were Strauss & Howe Wrong?
Post: Were Strauss & Howe Wrong?

Dr. Ravi Batra was wrong, in that his Great Depression of 1990 never materialized. In a similar vein, where is The Fourth Turning that S&H promised? When 9/11 happened, everyone was sure that at...
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 3 1,679 06-02-2023, 06:40 AM
    Thread: A Lot of Copper Is Used in Building Construction
Post: RE: A Lot of Copper Is Used in Building Constructi...

Of course most of us can remember how, in 1943, our pennies were made of stainless steel (actually zinc-plated stainless steel) because demand for copper soared whenever a major war is on. Nickel is ...
Anthony '58 General Discussion 2 1,966 06-02-2023, 06:25 AM
    Thread: What kind of immigration/border policy would you implement?
Post: RE: What kind of immigration/border policy would y...

Tear a page from Japan's playbook: Impose a more or less a total ban on immigration, except for jobs that require an advanced degree. This will make it desirable for the less-well-educated to join th...
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 9 1,526 06-01-2023, 07:39 AM
    Thread: Political compass for the21st century
Post: RE: Political compass for the21st century

Young-earth creationism is entirely a low-church Protestant fundamentalist (Southern Baptist, Pentecostal etc.) concept. Catholics are not told that they must believe that the earth was created in 40...
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 256 146,759 08-31-2022, 01:41 PM
    Thread: Who else would like politics to be humdrum?
Post: RE: Who else would like politics to be humdrum?

The precise road to a return to humdrum politics would be the implementation of a neo-Malthusian economic agenda that would be welcomed by a huge slice of the right because immigration would be essent...
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 50 11,805 08-31-2022, 01:34 PM
    Thread: The denouement?
Post: RE: The denouement?

Zero Population Growth is the one tenet of the "ecology" movement that I have always considered sensible.
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 27 5,650 08-31-2022, 01:14 PM
    Thread: Gray Champion Predictions
Post: RE: Gray Champion Predictions

(08-31-2022, 12:20 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: (08-31-2022, 11:08 AM)Anthony Wrote: Someone out there - on One America Network - seems to think that Donald Trump is going to go down in history as the Gray...
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 153 84,584 08-31-2022, 01:09 PM
    Thread: My Specific Presidential Generation Range (s) Theory
Post: RE: My Specific Presidential Generation Range (s) ...

Like the idea of 1999 as the first birth year of Gen Z - because it pretty much means that no Gen Zers have any functioning memory of 9/11.
Anthony '58 Generations 10 4,960 08-31-2022, 12:15 PM
    Thread: The Lost Generation: Not Gone Yet!
Post: RE: The Lost Generation: Not Gone Yet!

As time goes on, the number of "hendenarians," a term that is slowly gaining popularity - it means "having (lived for) eleven (decades)" - will give the appearance of increasing, due to the increasing...
Anthony '58 Generations 3 1,173 08-31-2022, 12:06 PM
    Thread: Ted Rall knows about Generational Theory
Post: RE: Ted Rall knows about Generational Theory

(11-01-2019, 05:32 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Good article.  Better hope you have gen z kids to buy you dog food. Actually, I don't think dog food is as nutritious as it used to be.  High fat hamburger i...
Anthony '58 Generation X 6 5,318 08-31-2022, 11:37 AM
    Thread: You Support (Civic) Nationalism More Than You Think You Do
Post: RE: You Support (Civic) Nationalism More Than You ...

(06-30-2022, 11:00 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: OK. 1. The United States is more an empire than a nation-state. This I say not so much with respect to having a crowned empire as having no dominant group by...
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 4 1,059 08-31-2022, 11:34 AM
    Thread: Forward Party (USA)?
Post: RE: Forward Party (USA)?

(07-31-2022, 05:09 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Do we have much of a center-right in American politics?  It seems to be vastly under-represented in American politics even if it has largely disappeared during...
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 11 1,902 08-31-2022, 11:12 AM
    Thread: Gray Champion Predictions
Post: RE: Gray Champion Predictions

Someone out there - on One America Network - seems to think that Donald Trump is going to go down in history as the Gray Champion: “Russia could’ve taken Ukraine inside of three weeks but didn’t. The...
Anthony '58 Theory Related Political Discussions 153 84,584 08-31-2022, 11:08 AM
    Thread: The Panic of 1857/The Panic of 2022
Post: RE: The Panic of 1857/The Panic of 2022

Actually the panic happened in 2020 - not 2022: In April of 2020, unemployment soared to 14.7%, America's highest jobless rate since 1939. So you could cleverly call it "The Pan(dem)ic of 2020."
Anthony '58 General Discussion 13 2,745 06-25-2022, 11:30 AM
    Thread: Yes, Qanon is a dangerous, destructive cult
Post: RE: Yes, Qanon is a dangerous, destructive cult

What makes QAnon so problematic is that few if any people can even identify what they stand for - which is hardly the case with the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, the Patriot Front, or the KKK.
Anthony '58 Society and Culture 9 2,991 06-25-2022, 10:56 AM
    Thread: Good Immigration Policy as a Replacement for Eugenics
Post: RE: Good Immigration Policy as a Replacement for E...

Sometime between now and the 2024 election, the slogan will become: "Don't Compromise - Volckerize!" And when that happens, both unemployment and inflation will be in double digits - which will touch...
Anthony '58 Society and Culture 11 2,250 06-25-2022, 10:51 AM
    Thread: The Log Cabin Libertarians?
Post: RE: The Log Cabin Libertarians?

Unless the Democrats put up a ticket of Joe Manchin for President and Kyrsten Sinema for Vice President in 2024, it will be 1972/1984 deja vu all over again for them.
Anthony '58 Society and Culture 21 4,544 06-25-2022, 10:00 AM
    Thread: Roe v. Wade and the Filibuster
Post: Roe v. Wade and the Filibuster

If nothing else, the overturning of Roe v. Wade  should compel the Democrats to switch sides on the filibuster. And here's why: If, come 2025, there is a Republican is in the White House, and the Re...
Anthony '58 Society and Culture 0 412 06-25-2022, 08:36 AM
    Thread: The Log Cabin Libertarians?
Post: The Log Cabin Libertarians?

LGBT Conservatives Don't Buy into The Woke Left's Radical View That Sex and Gender Are Meaningless By Charles Moran LGBT conservatives are committed to the fight for equality and inclusion. The Log ...
Anthony '58 Society and Culture 21 4,544 04-16-2022, 05:32 AM
    Thread: The Culture Wars Reach A New Low
Post: RE: The Culture Wars Reach A New Low

And then there is what I call the "Cold War Bloody Shirt Generation" - encompassing the Silent and the G.I. remnant - who are still butt-hurt over the fact that the first Earth Day was chosen to coinc...
Anthony '58 Society and Culture 5 1,369 04-16-2022, 05:16 AM
    Thread: The Culture Wars Reach A New Low
Post: The Culture Wars Reach A New Low

I Wrote an Essay About “Petromasculinity,” and Conservatives Freaked Out The knee-jerk panic some conservative men feel over fossil fuels isn’t just tied to financial incentive. It’s an identity. By...
Anthony '58 Society and Culture 5 1,369 04-11-2022, 10:34 AM
    Thread: A Liz Cheney-Justin Amash Ticket in 2024
Post: RE: A Liz Cheney-Justin Amash Ticket in 2024

(04-02-2022, 08:47 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Yes, I think rights for LGBTQ people can harmonize with the neoliberal philosophy of non-dependence of government. Good points. But no I still don't know...
Anthony '58 General Discussion 8 2,037 04-10-2022, 10:58 AM
    Thread: Fourth Turning is Here! And no one is here!
Post: RE: Fourth Turning is Here! And no one is here!

(04-09-2022, 01:40 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: The criminal case against the alleged plotters to kidnap the Governor of Michigan imploded.  The Biden Presidency could be the eye of the hurricane. I expect t...
Anthony '58 General Discussion 23 8,556 04-10-2022, 10:54 AM
    Thread: A Liz Cheney-Justin Amash Ticket in 2024
Post: RE: A Liz Cheney-Justin Amash Ticket in 2024

(03-30-2022, 02:55 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: (03-30-2022, 01:26 PM)Anthony Wrote: I'd give anything to be wrong about this - but to paraphrase Hermann Goring, if Biden beats Trump again in 2024, yo...
Anthony '58 General Discussion 8 2,037 04-02-2022, 03:43 PM