06-07-2020, 11:21 AM
(06-07-2020, 11:11 AM)Isoko Wrote: I was born in 1988. Supposedly this was the time of a 3T. When I was a kid, the 1990s was like a golden age for Britain. The new millennium was coming. The future was going to be bright. I remember the music of those times, the culture, even the adverts on the TV, portrayed the golden age we were living in and the times to come.
In the UK, it was known as the period of 'cool Britannia' and the future was only going to get better. It is thought that the 1990s in the West was like a second 1960s. Considering that your main bases of liberal opposition really started to get going in this period, I'd argue that this was like a weird 1T/2T hybrid.
Don't be fooled by the leftist propaganda that permeates these boards. This is exactly what third turnings are like. The Roaring 20s was the previous third turning, and they were equally viewed as good at the time.
Second turnings are full of strife. First turnings are full of voluntary oppression. Third turnings are the true high point of the cycle.
Quote:After 2001 however, things just started to slowly get worse. The optimism died out and nothing became the same again. It was like an unraveling set in. The optimism of the 1990s vanished in an instant and ever since, it has been one bleak event after another. I'd argue in essence this was the start of a true 3T.
I can agree with the concepts of cusps but I really do feel the 4T has begun and what we had all been living in was an unraveling period. Life will never be the same after covid and it is going to change the world.
This is why some people date, or used to date, the crisis period to 2001 or 2003. Covid is just another in the sequence of increasing crisis reactions.