Has the regeneracy arrived?

[Eric the Green]

(02-10-2020, 04:41 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(02-10-2020, 02:04 PM)Skabungus Wrote:

(02-10-2020, 01:35 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Need a crisis war before we get a regeneracy.

I tend to think we are in the closing stage of the crisis.  The big show (or showdown) is the next act.  I however have no idea whether that will be a war with another nation, a war of sorts within our nation, or an economic crisis.  Whatever it is, I see the era of Trump as the last act in the crisis.  Shit gonna get worse before it gets better.

I'm inclined to agree.  I don't think it could be just an economic crisis - an economic crisis that caused a revolution, perhaps - but your other possibilities, along with a WWII style overseas war in which we intervene, are quite possible.  It could even be, for example, a 5 year period of tit for tat nuclear exchanges with various fission powers.

So far, I would say Trump has been postponing the crisis.  I think the driving force behind crises is concentration of politicoeconomic power, and the resentment against the most powerful by others.  Under Trump the economy has been just strong enough for the "others" to be making just enough progress - things like 1% real wage increases - to avoid an open revolt, which puts off the crisis.

Of course, it's ideal for the US for us to put off the crisis as long as possible here, so we end up with a relatively safe intervention in overseas wars.  We can hope it breaks out in Europe or China first.

"a relatively safe intervention in overseas wars?" That would 
a) not be a 4T, and/or
b) probably not safe