02-26-2018, 01:19 PM
(02-26-2018, 12:51 PM)David Horn Wrote:(02-26-2018, 12:15 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(02-26-2018, 11:42 AM)David Horn Wrote: Most likely, I won't see the entire 1T, but it's not likely to be similar to the last one. It may more closely resemble the one prior, and be dominated by moneyed interests. Then again, the chaos Presidency of DJT could trigger a transformation I hadn't expected even two years ago, and the next 1T could be truly transformational. In any case, technology will march on, and whether it gets used for good or ill will dictate the following 2T and 4T.
Normally the 1T locks in cement the values trialed and erred by the 4T. That would be a divided country by region, a divided country by wealth, and perhaps global warming, with the culture war on the side? I am not sure of the driving issue of the 4T, therefore the lessons in cement of the 1T are pending?
We may be heading for a time a lot like the late 19th and early 20th centuries, if the government decays further. The absence of communal power opens the door to private power, and stalemated government is as good a way to kill communal power as I can see: no coup required.
We may be, and this is exactly the 4T crisis that we face. The competition with this red culture during the remaining 10-11 years of THIS 4T will decide what kind of 1T and 2T we will have, and what kind of country we will have for the foreseeable future.