(05-13-2017, 04:17 PM)beechnut79 Wrote:More than that. I would include BLM, the Women's march (that included an emphasis on intersectional feminism) the court victory on gay marriage, which seemed very distant in 2004 when Republicans won the election (based, it was widely reported, on an anti-gay marriage stance). Also the big press for diversity in the March for Science.(05-13-2017, 02:44 PM)Mikebert Wrote:(05-13-2017, 11:13 AM)Emman85 Wrote:By social issues, I assume you are referring to such things as transgender folks being able to access the bathroom of their choice. Other than that, many of the issues from a half century ago have not resurfaced. What has resurfaced is the whole debate over sexual harassment which first surfaces about a quarter century ago with Anita Hill.(05-12-2017, 03:36 PM)Mikebert Wrote: The Boomer generation, who will age out of power by ca. 2025 are overseeing period that simply does not seem to be a 4T. We are 9 years into this social moment, which puts us like 1782, 1869, and 1938 in the last 4Ts. Were any of these years as "un-4t-like" as 2017? I would say no!
How is 2017 un 4T like, authoritarian populism won out in the US, the supply of order is low but the demand is rising, crime rates are low, birth rates are low, the generation gap is gone, civic trust is at a nadir(what one would expect in a pre regeneracy 4T). This is the most socially and politically tumultuous period in the US since the late '60s and '70s, the last "social moment", but all the trends I outlined are 4T trends.
BLM is a continuation of the Civil Rights movement. Blacks gained de facto suffrage (mostly) and an end to de jure housing and employment discrimination, but they still experience differential treatment at the hands of the police.
Intersectional feminism is an extension of the gains made by women in the 2T (which largely redound to white women) to women of color.
The introduction of a diversity theme in the March for Science is an extension of the Black, Chicano, and Women's movements of the last 2T into the last still-viable path to the middle class available to groups not historically favored.
