06-07-2020, 09:52 AM
(06-07-2020, 09:31 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:(06-06-2020, 12:14 PM)Isoko Wrote: Let's also be honest here. How many people in 100 years are going to talk about gamer gate, occupy wall Street or Charlottesville? I think in the long run these events will be forgotten and not really registered.
How many people today talk about the Ford Hunger March Massacre of 1932? These things are forgettable in a 4T because there are so many of them. Covid-19 might get a footnote, but the current BLM demonstrations will be forgotten just like the 2016 ones will be.
This I doubt. Do we remember the Bonus March of 1932? Yes, and why? Because it showed how out of touch Hoover (and MacArthur) were to what was happening all around them.
Warren Dew Wrote:(06-07-2020, 07:00 AM)Remy Renault Wrote: Do 4Ts need to begin with a proverbial bang though? Sometimes it can marked by a sudden mood shift, which ushers in a series of events leading to an accumulation of resentments and disillusionments until we reach a crescendo of sorts. That seems to be the case now. It was also the case during the Civil War era. I noticed a mood shift as far back as Obama's second term. A mood shift rather than a cataclysmic event I think is the real key.
Obviously not, given the 3T/4T demarcation before the Civil War is so unclear.
Agreed. This time is a little too similar for comfort.
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