A broken cycle?

[Eric the Green]

(07-18-2019, 11:49 AM)Bill the Piper Wrote:

(07-18-2019, 11:43 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I look at it that we are going deeper into crisis. The 2020s will be the time for real change. That's how I have always seen it.

Maybe, but I'm still suspicious because of the nostalgia. Was there a 1920s nostalgia during the previous 4T? Did it end after 1945?

I'm not aware of much nostalgia for the 90s now, at least not to compare for example with the level of nostalgia for the 50s during the 1970s, which featured shows like Happy Days, or for the 60s during the 1990s. But I agree our pop culture has gone down again. I'm not sure why, but in general I think culture is poor during 4Ts, in spite of some good things happening in the last one. In general, I think the culture was still low during that time. The worldviews and the preoccupations were very materialist, as they are today. And in places like the Soviet Union and Germany, there was no culture at all; just worship of the leader. We are in a similar time of repression now. That's not too inspiring to artists.

I expect a cultural revival around 2022, and the increased tempo of change could inspire a deeper awareness of human feelings and exploration of heroic themes and tragic conflicts. Action for change is indeed going to get much more drastic than we can imagine today. The ball is going to get rolling, and who knows where it will lead. Things are revving up, and the engines will get faster as the decade goes along. The 2020s will be anything but comfortable and complacent. I expect mid-decade will be a monumental moment for the USA. Look for major shifts to happen then.