11-27-2016, 03:48 AM
(11-25-2016, 08:24 PM)anandrajan Wrote:(11-25-2016, 04:47 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(11-25-2016, 04:24 PM)tg63 Wrote:(11-25-2016, 10:20 AM)anandrajan Wrote: ... All it would take is to (i) inform everyone of Bannon's apocalyptic craziness, (ii) talk to white nationalists if possible and explain the clear cut vision of the next 1T and (iii) reach high profile Trump supporters like Scott Adams (Dilbert) via twitter etc. and explain how the Trump presidency is likely to go off the rails (global financial crisis, actual WW III etc.).
Even if your assumption is true, and I don't think it is, I still think informing isn't enough. Convincing would be required. And as you can see there are so many diverse viewpoints around that I'm pretty sure that's not achievable at any kind of mass scale.
Ultimately I believe that the reason the 4T happens is due to an increasing sense of urgency; that things are so bad that we must do something, anything ... but the status quo is not an option. And that seems to be where we are. Awareness of the cycles wouldn't change that.
It's too early to say if awareness of the saeculum might lessen the danger of a 4T. First, of course, though the public is aware of Strauss and Howe's generation of "millennials," for which they coined the name, the public is not so much aware of the saeculum and the turnings, except for a few folks-- apparently including Al Gore and Steve Bannon.
But I notice awareness of a cycle can sometimes bring it to an end in astrology, if that means anything. The best example is the 20-year Jupiter-Saturn assassination/death in office cycle. After JFK, presidents have been more careful and better protected. The cycle itself became quite famous. Nancy Reagan even used astrology to advise her husband, who was next on the list of victims if the cycle had held. And she knew all about it. He did just miss getting assassinated "by inches" in 1981.
My interest really is in harnessing the power of a community that has a shared vision of the future and mobilizing it in service of solving problems. This forum (and by extension, community) has a very interesting shared vision: that we are in a 4T crisis which will probably be resolved by 202X. This shared vision is quite unique and different and can be harnessed. Further, the available technologies for mass reach are exponentially better in this cycle than previous ones which means this community (if it can be unified) is capable of reaching a LOT of people and changing minds. That may be quite important going forward if things descend (as expected) into chaos over the next decade.
That is a good point. Perhaps more awareness of the cycle could help the public mind to accomodate itself to the crisis and understand things from a longer view.