12-17-2019, 01:30 AM
What does a "weak 1T" mean? As far as I can tell, it means the level of consensus will be lower, because of left-over resentments from the Cold Civil War. In this way it will resemble the Gilded Age and Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction ala the double rhythm. Also, I think society will continue to pursue active progressive goals rather than retreating into "what's good for General Motors is good for America" and "men in gray flannel suits keeping up with the Joneses with no internal gyroscopes dominated by hidden persuaders" and a new "silent generation." People will continue to be outspoken and wave some "bloody shirts."
But Millennials will continue to be civics, and will have plenty of motivation to be civic, as they are today with their many movements for gun control and climate change action. And I speak of the Millennial Generation counted as Millennials up to 2003 at least. They will not become artists; they are already so thoroughly civic in all ways, except only in the last few years have they learned to be more civic in actual civic affairs, led by their late wavers whom Pew calls Gen Z. Well, better late than never. And they will get more so as the next very-activist decade proceeds. So the next artists will be artists, but perhaps not so silent and more like the progressives early on.
But Millennials will continue to be civics, and will have plenty of motivation to be civic, as they are today with their many movements for gun control and climate change action. And I speak of the Millennial Generation counted as Millennials up to 2003 at least. They will not become artists; they are already so thoroughly civic in all ways, except only in the last few years have they learned to be more civic in actual civic affairs, led by their late wavers whom Pew calls Gen Z. Well, better late than never. And they will get more so as the next very-activist decade proceeds. So the next artists will be artists, but perhaps not so silent and more like the progressives early on.