The 2nd Great Depression

[David Horn]

(05-30-2020, 02:42 PM)beechnut79 Wrote: One poster on this thread mentioned things from the last 1T I do believe.  You don’t really think the whole Organization Man/Suzy Homemaker lifestyle commonplace during the last 1T to come back into vogue, do you?  Where the former is concerned, with such vast increases in both technology and global competition there is no way any organization could nearly guarantee a worker 30 or so years of service. It’s really a marvel that they could do it then.  Where the latter is concerned, today’s womanhood nearly without exception is much more educated and ambitious and those with advanced degrees in particular would be bored to tears living in that fashion.  I just can’t see them willing to put up with it.

Cycles repeat, but not as replays. I expect this 1T will be energetic and focused on fixing a lot of broken things, but it won't be a literal repetition of the last1T by a long shot.  For one thing, women are now fully engaged, if not fully equal in social terms. The same applies to racial and ethnic minorities.  I don't see these issues just moving to the backburner for a few decades. This will preclude any return to rigid social status definitions.