"Climax" year of each turning

[Kinser79]

(05-16-2020, 05:42 PM)Isoko Wrote: Bob,

Thanks for your information on the matter at hand.
To be honest though, I don't understand why people on the forum seem to think a progressive agenda is always the way to go and that America in particular could afford to go down this route right now.

I was chatting to a guy in South Africa once and he told me that the left and progressives are essentially bankrupt on ideas. They have nothing new to add. All the new ideas are coming predominately from the right. You can see this trend amongst key thinkers these days. Most are likely to be on the right, not the left.

However, I think that this is predominantly a European phenomenon. The critical thinkers in Europe tend to hold a more alt right inspired point of view and it is these people who will eventually start to influence politics in Europe in the coming decades...

America though does need reforms so I can concur you guys need to be more progressive. I can see it now. Europe did all this stuff decades ago and now is shifting to the right where as America still needs to catch up. 

However, you need to have a huge radical transformation for this to occur. Basically you need a Thatcher or a Putin to heavily stabilise the ever declining fortunes of your country which in turn will eventually lead to more reforms.

That isn't just Europe but America as well.  Our rightism seems to take a more Libertarian flavor than the Idenitarian European variety but then again our history is substantially different from Europe's.

As for the whole "progressivism is the way to go thing" for lack of a better term, you'll find the Boomers on here, and in particular the Blue ones, are blind to the fact that what is and is not progressive is determined after the fact.  History is after all written by the victors.