07-06-2020, 11:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-07-2020, 01:04 AM by Eric the Green.)
Using the astrological crystal ball, along with the saeculum, economic cycles, other cycles, and my intuition and my reading on what's happening, gives me a pretty good take on what will happen, as my record of correct predictions showed. I have at times felt like I have an inside scoop. That doesn't mean I get everything right, though.
It looks like Biden will win, but the crystal ball indications that I have thoroughly researched remain ambiguous, so I can't take that for granted. In 2012 I predicted the exact electoral vote, beating all the pundits, even fivethirtyeight, but in 2016, although my two main indicators were correct, and unlike all the pundits I knew Trump was going to be a strong candidate right after he announced, I could not bring myself to predict his victory.
If Biden can win and the Democrats can take the senate, and if they act boldly and push past the filibuster (big IFs I know), then they could push through policy changes to reverse Reaganomics, tax the wealthy and raise minimum wages and restore regulations and good government, tackle climate change right away, and distribute a new vaccine and require the proper safeguards that Trump has refused to do. Safety nets for automation would be increased. In that case, the economy is basically sound, and a middle class could start growing again. I would expect recovery to take off in a couple of years. If Biden wins but the Senate remains in the hands of the neo-liberal Republican vultures, then these things could take longer and would not apply until mid-decade. If the virus is allowed to fester, it could do lasting damage to our way of life.
We will not be able to have the mindset of leaving things to the Awakening. The 4T is the time to act on climate change and many other problems. This is the time for institutional and political change, and the boomers must lead now, and millennials take action. Otherwise no amount of new young Gen A prophet bluster in the next cultural awakening will be able to get us out of the disaster. Our civilization will be severely impacted if we don't take action on climate change through the 2020s. No doubt more change will happen later, but unless we are willing to push forward now, the next Awakening will not have the foundation on which to create a fossil free and recovering world.
More police reforms and gun control will pass during the 2020s. Racism is itself a stubborn, lingering virus and will require further treatment during the Awakening in the late 2040s. Resistance to gun control and higher taxes could spur a violent right-wing rebellion in the later 2020s (or to some extent sooner) that will have to be dealt with. There will likely be more foreign troubles too at the same time, in the mid-2020s. That will make things seem like a real 4T by mid-decade. But reforms will proceed and the economy will recover anyway. The Classic Xers will not be able to stop it, but they will feel better once the 1T starts in the 2030s. Activism and change will not end in that decade, but a greater consensus will allow the culture to take a breather and restore some patriotic and family values, at least until the Awakening starts. But more controversial economic combinations and global agreements will be attempted in the early 2040s.
It looks like Biden will win, but the crystal ball indications that I have thoroughly researched remain ambiguous, so I can't take that for granted. In 2012 I predicted the exact electoral vote, beating all the pundits, even fivethirtyeight, but in 2016, although my two main indicators were correct, and unlike all the pundits I knew Trump was going to be a strong candidate right after he announced, I could not bring myself to predict his victory.
If Biden can win and the Democrats can take the senate, and if they act boldly and push past the filibuster (big IFs I know), then they could push through policy changes to reverse Reaganomics, tax the wealthy and raise minimum wages and restore regulations and good government, tackle climate change right away, and distribute a new vaccine and require the proper safeguards that Trump has refused to do. Safety nets for automation would be increased. In that case, the economy is basically sound, and a middle class could start growing again. I would expect recovery to take off in a couple of years. If Biden wins but the Senate remains in the hands of the neo-liberal Republican vultures, then these things could take longer and would not apply until mid-decade. If the virus is allowed to fester, it could do lasting damage to our way of life.
We will not be able to have the mindset of leaving things to the Awakening. The 4T is the time to act on climate change and many other problems. This is the time for institutional and political change, and the boomers must lead now, and millennials take action. Otherwise no amount of new young Gen A prophet bluster in the next cultural awakening will be able to get us out of the disaster. Our civilization will be severely impacted if we don't take action on climate change through the 2020s. No doubt more change will happen later, but unless we are willing to push forward now, the next Awakening will not have the foundation on which to create a fossil free and recovering world.
More police reforms and gun control will pass during the 2020s. Racism is itself a stubborn, lingering virus and will require further treatment during the Awakening in the late 2040s. Resistance to gun control and higher taxes could spur a violent right-wing rebellion in the later 2020s (or to some extent sooner) that will have to be dealt with. There will likely be more foreign troubles too at the same time, in the mid-2020s. That will make things seem like a real 4T by mid-decade. But reforms will proceed and the economy will recover anyway. The Classic Xers will not be able to stop it, but they will feel better once the 1T starts in the 2030s. Activism and change will not end in that decade, but a greater consensus will allow the culture to take a breather and restore some patriotic and family values, at least until the Awakening starts. But more controversial economic combinations and global agreements will be attempted in the early 2040s.