Gray Champion Predictions

[Eric the Green]

(03-18-2022, 08:00 PM)JasonBlack Wrote:

(03-18-2022, 09:01 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(03-17-2022, 04:19 PM)JasonBlack Wrote: ... We need a Grey Champion who exudes strength, authority and fiery resolve, and frankly...there is no one like that to be found at present. When he (and it will be a he) does come, I think it will surprise everyone.

Don't bet your bank account on that.  We're in an era that needs different thinking, and a woman in the Gray Champion role might be the perfect way to move ahead.  Who that might be is the question.  AOC has the charisma and the polish, but she may too divisive to get the nod ... at least for now.

This isn't just my opinion. 2Ts move society from a masculine polarity to a feminine one. 4Ts move society from a feminine polarity to a masculine one. Yin and Yang being out of balance in one direction for too long is every bit as unsustainable as our national debt or destruction of the environment, as we are due for a correction. There is a temptation which many (esp boomers, but tbh, quite a few millennials as well) have to present 2T solutions to 4T problems because they tend to feel better and justify continuing 3T trends toward indulgent consumerism where masculine stoicism is needed. If we did have a female grey champion, it would be unlike any of the women mentioned thus far and more along the lines of someone like Margaret Thatcher, who had more balls than most military commanders. Today, we'd almost certainly be looking at a Republican like Jeanine Pirro or Anne Coulter, not a "girl boss" type.

One of the reasons why Neil Howe doesn't think this crisis is anywhere close to over is that we still cling to soft, wishful thinking and keep insisting "compassionate solutions" can work in place of hard nosed resolve. As as society, we're still privileged enough to talk about traits like heroism, strength and authority as if they're archaic, irrelevant concepts to be laughed off. In the mean time, RPG/adventure games, super hero movies, war/strategy games and youtube channels about working out/survivalism are all the rage. This isn't a coincidence. We know we need to return to a state where society values these characteristics.

Our lack of civil responsibility is due to belief in the neoliberal ideology that we can just let the free market operate and the invisible hand will create utopia. And therefore we don't need any compassionate solutions, but just rely upon ourselves. We are due for a correction all right-- after 40 years of this "masculine" self-reliance, we need to return to caring for our society and our planet too or we won't have either. It seems to me politicians and people in general have plenty of resolve. It's where they employ it that is the problem. It's about a few people with great resolve wanting more wealth and power for themselves and less for everyone else, and deceiving people that if we all think that way, then we'll all succeed, or else that solutions just trickle down from those few "job creaters".

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Quote:AOC has the charisma and the polish

...what? she has neither. she is sassy and rude and wants to come in and boss people around while having no experience to justify doing so (a trait not uncommon among millennial women). In terms of demeanor, I think Ilhan Omar manages to be much more pleasant to listen to in spite of being fairly assertive (not that I agree with the majority of her positions, but we're talking about general character here).

Can you really make out such evaluations based on your personal personality preferences? Sorry, but rich bosses these days need to be bossed around, and that's what AOC and other progressives offer.