Trump, Bannon and the Coming Crisis

[David Horn]

(02-07-2017, 12:47 PM)SomeGuy Wrote:

(02-07-2017, 12:36 PM)TeacherinExile Wrote: David Kaiser wrote this column for Time magazine last week that ties in directly with Fourth Turning theory, and seems to imply that Steve Bannon is using the theory as some kind of policy "playbook."  Kaiser draws some very interesting conclusions about where we are in the crisis turning, and provides some very speculative conjecture, in my opinion.

"What's Next for Steve Bannon and the Crisis in American Life"
http://time.com/4659390/howe-strauss-steve-bannon/

And he seems to answer the question of whether America has reached that "social moment," which some posters have been debating here.

Trump's election very much looks like it could be the beginning of a social moment, which would last until the end of the 4T.

... or not.  He's still leading a minority charge, and part of the minority has stated their interest in him and his ideas are all about themselves, their lives and, most importantly, their jobs.  He still has to deliver on something that is highly unlikely to happen.