03-13-2021, 08:25 AM
(03-12-2021, 06:18 AM)Captain Genet Wrote: I wouldn't say that the counterculture created Reagan. Rather, both were parts of the same wave of individualism. The Modernist saeculum ended with two nightmares of extreme collectivism. Counterculture was inspired by revulsion against fascism (which focused on cultural collectivism) and libertarianism by revulsion against Bolshevism (focused on economic collectivism).
Nothing changes without a reason first and trigger second. Yes, the international swing toward the extremes certainly provided the reason, and the trigger(s) came later when the old model simply failed to function. That's what is occurring now as well, though the reasons are dramatically different.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.