Generational Dynamics World View

[John J. Xenakis]

** 01-Aug-2019 Russia and Europe

(07-31-2019, 12:39 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: > Say what? I'm pretty sure it's the boomers who are running things
> and refuse to compromise. Just look at Eric and me; the only
> thing we agree on is no

No, the Boomers are not running things, and this has been true
since the Fourth Turning began in 2003. I've written dozens of
articles on the financial crisis, and it's clear what happened.
The Gen-Xers obtained advanced degrees in "financial engineering"
in the 1990s, and used those skills to create fraudulent
synthetic subprime mortgage bonds, and sold them to Boomers
because they hate Boomers. The Boomers in the banks who supposedly
"ran things" did not understand how they worked, but only knew
that they were making a lot of money for the bank. So the Gen-Xers
were running things, and caused the financial crisis.

I've personally seen things in the computer industry where Gen-Xers
did unbelievably stupid things, because they wanted to screw Boomers.
The epitome was the Healthcare.gov project which was the greatest
software development disaster in history, and was run by Gen-Xers.
It's in contrast to the global Y2K remediation project, which was run
by Silents and Boomers, and which was the greatest and most successful
software development project in history.

Quote:> This gets to the heart of the question
> that has bothered people
> my age for decades: How was Hitler able
> to so completely fool
> Britain and Neville
> Chamberlain?

(07-31-2019, 12:39 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: > I think there was a recognition that the terms of the Treaty of
> Versailles had been unwise and unjust. The strategy of Appeasement
> was about returning territory to Germany that had been unjustly
> taken from them.

> The reoccupation of the Ruhr came first; it involved Germany
> reoccupying land that was clearly German. The annexation of
> Austria was welcomed by the Austrian people, so it was difficult
> to object to. The Sudetenland likewise preferred to be part of
> Germany, which is why Chamberlain was willing to sign it away.

> It wasn't until the invasion of Czechoslovakia that it became
> clear that Germany wanted more than just German lands, at which
> point Appeasement ended.

So you're defending and excusing Hitler -- always a good ploy in
an online discussion. However, what you've written is completely
irrelevant to my point that Neville Chamberlain was vilified and
hated for decades. The reason that Chamberlain was hated
and vilified was because of this:

• Neville Chamberlain, returning from a 1938 meeting with
  Hitler, promising "Peace in our time," holding up a signed
  agreement

I remember reading years ago, probably in one of Churchill's books,
that after Churchill became prime minister he had to defend and
praise Chamberlain for being unfairly vilified.

(07-31-2019, 12:39 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: > You may think it was obvious earlier just like you think it's
> obvious that China will attack us. But you have your own blind
> spots, such as to the growing tensions between the Anglosphere and
> continental Europe, and the fact that Russia is much more of a
> parallel to Nazi Germany than China is, right down to having won a
> war - WWII/Franco-Prussian War - then losing a war and territory -
> Cold War/WWI - then attempting to regain the lost territory in a
> crisis era.

I have no idea what this means, or why it has anything to with
why China is planning for war.

I don't know what you mean by "blind spot," since, as you know,
I've written thousands of articles based on tens of thousands of
sources, and everything I write is well-sourced and analyzed.

I'm not aware that you have any similar body of work, but perhaps
I'm wrong and I've simply never seen it. But if you consider
yourself an expert on Russia and Europe, perhaps you could answer
several questions that I'm frequently asked, but have no answer for.

Some of these questions are: Will Russia invade Ukraine? Will Russia
invade Georgia? Will there be a new war between Germany and Russia?
If so, will France side with Russia? Which country will England side
with? Will Russia invade other East European countries? Will Russia
and Turkey have a new war in the Balkans, in Crimea, and in the
Caucasus? What will happen with Greece and Italy?

So it would be helpful if you tackle those questions.