01-31-2017, 01:43 AM
Gikled Age, end of 1880:
elders -- Transcendental (Idealist) 59+ ... largely pushed aside, blamed for the Civil War
mid-life -- Gilded (Reactive-Civic) 38-58... took the Civic role, but not particularly well
rising adult -- Progressive (Adaptive) 21-37...able but timid
youth -- Missionary (Idealist) to 20, still being born... sparks will fly
Crisis of 2020, end of 2016 -- and we are clearly in a Crisis now --
post-elders, Silent (Adaptive) 74+... some still leading, but never a politically-strong generation
elders -- Boom (Idealist, 56-73)... three of the last four Presidents, and the current one
mid-life -- Gen X (Reactive, 34*-55)... if you think Boomers are rifted, wait till you see them
rising adult -- Millennial (Civic, 15*-33*)... still shut out of top leadership roles
youth -- Homeland (Adaptive, to 14* and still being born) -- probably on the sidelines when the Big Events take place
*age boundaries not yet defined.
What's the difference? Life spans are about 20 years longer today than they were 136 years ago due to improved living standards, better nutrition, less alcoholism, less smoking, better medical attention, people remaining active longer in life (the Silent fit the GI pattern on that), and less obesity. late-wave Boomers have NOT had big roles in public life, but they still have time -- especially if you-know-who lays a big fat egg as a political leader. In view of the Executive Orders that do not pass Constitutional muster, a despotic style of management, and psychological hollowness I find my worst fears about him exceeded -- "bigly".
We have four generations of adults on the scene, and thus the full complement of generational archetypes; as when the Millennial Generation took the young-adult role in life as GIs aged out of the scene, so it will be with the Homeland Generation supplanting the Silent.
elders -- Transcendental (Idealist) 59+ ... largely pushed aside, blamed for the Civil War
mid-life -- Gilded (Reactive-Civic) 38-58... took the Civic role, but not particularly well
rising adult -- Progressive (Adaptive) 21-37...able but timid
youth -- Missionary (Idealist) to 20, still being born... sparks will fly
Crisis of 2020, end of 2016 -- and we are clearly in a Crisis now --
post-elders, Silent (Adaptive) 74+... some still leading, but never a politically-strong generation
elders -- Boom (Idealist, 56-73)... three of the last four Presidents, and the current one
mid-life -- Gen X (Reactive, 34*-55)... if you think Boomers are rifted, wait till you see them
rising adult -- Millennial (Civic, 15*-33*)... still shut out of top leadership roles
youth -- Homeland (Adaptive, to 14* and still being born) -- probably on the sidelines when the Big Events take place
*age boundaries not yet defined.
What's the difference? Life spans are about 20 years longer today than they were 136 years ago due to improved living standards, better nutrition, less alcoholism, less smoking, better medical attention, people remaining active longer in life (the Silent fit the GI pattern on that), and less obesity. late-wave Boomers have NOT had big roles in public life, but they still have time -- especially if you-know-who lays a big fat egg as a political leader. In view of the Executive Orders that do not pass Constitutional muster, a despotic style of management, and psychological hollowness I find my worst fears about him exceeded -- "bigly".
We have four generations of adults on the scene, and thus the full complement of generational archetypes; as when the Millennial Generation took the young-adult role in life as GIs aged out of the scene, so it will be with the Homeland Generation supplanting the Silent.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.