05-19-2016, 06:16 AM
(05-15-2016, 05:01 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: Mikebert, I think the difference is in generational archetype. Xers can be highly moralistic too, and yet they don't start awakenings or whatever the hell the Millies are doing now. Part of the reason I think that this is the case is Nomads tend to be highly individualistic and have a deep seated mistrust of collectivism.
Well yes, but why does this happen? The mechanism S&H propose does not work. The alternative I developed that does work only gives a two stroke cycle. It says dominant generations "beget" dominant generations with as replication time of AL-22 years, where AL is the average age of societal leaders. Dominant generations are created by history during social moments and in term create the next social moment. Recessive generations do the same with non-social moments.
Why do generations who are created by culturally-rich history in the 2T and 3T create (relatively) culturally barren history (4T, 1T)? In a cultural context generations beget their opposites. How does this happen?
It makes sense that a political generation who comes of age in a liberal time will tend to be vote liberal later in life. There is real data that supports this idea. But why would a cultural generation who comes of age in a culturally liberal era not create another culturally liberal era?