08-29-2019, 09:22 PM
(08-29-2019, 02:25 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(08-24-2019, 03:21 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(08-24-2019, 01:46 PM)sbarrera Wrote: The point is Trump is leading in a manner consistent with what turnings theory predicts for his generation in this turning.
Absolutely. In fact, Trump's victory in the 2016 election was a major victory for generational theory.
The major questions at this point are how the crisis war will start, and whether we'll be on the winning side or the losing side.
Hillary's victory would have been far better as such a victory for generation theory. She represented the better side of boomers, and is also very typical for better or worse.
Hillary's platform was similar to her husband's in the 1990s, with perhaps the exception of a little more warmongering. Third turning platforms like that winning in 2016 would have been inconsistent generational theory predicts for fourth turnings, providing strong evidence against the theory.
Like it or not, Trump got elected due to a populist campaign, exactly as predicted by generational theory.