Is China in a 2T-ish era?

[JasonBlack]

(08-01-2022, 07:14 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: The bosses want Taiwan; I don't notice any fervor among the people for this. Any such fervor is just government programming. I don't see any massive protests. I just see consolidation of authority. I don't think this society is capable of turnings.

Speaking impressionistically, Chinese generational cycles seem to go something more like 2T-->4T-->1T. Some sort of revolt/revolution (ex: Taiping Rebellion), followed by despots consolidating power (ex: Maoist Regime), then when the despot dies off, people rebuild things and the people experience growth and normalcy for a few decades (ex: Deng Xiaoping era). The masses of China have had neither the largess nor the personal freedom to have a 3T. 2Ts aggressively usher in eras of individualism, 3Ts are reliant on a preexisting mood of individualism, but the collectivist instincts of China typically crush this before it has a chance to do more than set off a few sparks.