02-13-2018, 01:29 PM
We are maybe entering the Information Age / a post scarcity culture. I would not assume that patterns that worked in the Industrial Age will work now. I am not seeing the spiral of violence that usually proceeds a revolution, civil war or crisis war. Both Bobc and you may be making a mistake in assuming an immediate violent confrontation. The cycle has worked less well anyway outside of the Anglo American civilization. Either of you using crisis theory to assume triumph of your values may well be disappointed.
Usually, the crisis leads to the culture shift. In the 1960s era, the awakening led to a culture shift. I am sort of expecting that the see saw between the cultures will end in an era that smells more like an awakening than a crisis. It isn't supposed to be, but I am not seeing the expected spiral of violence domestically, yet some problems (division of wealth, global warming, productivity increase) are building up. We are stuck calling those using violence lone nuts rather than see them organizing into large culture altering groups.
Usually, the crisis leads to the culture shift. In the 1960s era, the awakening led to a culture shift. I am sort of expecting that the see saw between the cultures will end in an era that smells more like an awakening than a crisis. It isn't supposed to be, but I am not seeing the expected spiral of violence domestically, yet some problems (division of wealth, global warming, productivity increase) are building up. We are stuck calling those using violence lone nuts rather than see them organizing into large culture altering groups.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.