05-07-2020, 05:29 AM
(05-07-2020, 03:55 AM)But Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(05-06-2020, 10:32 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Incidentally, this going on for several years might actually make Covid-19 the climax of the Crisis, which I doubt it can otherwise be.
You are expecting another trigger? The boomers are going to age out of power soon, ending the window for the prophet - nomad - civic constellation of generations. With crisis war triggers rare to impossible given nukes, that leaves the chance of something else blowing up to a trigger low. After COVUS 19 is suppressed, the materialist selfish faction is going to want to shift rapidly into a high.
I’m not seeing another trigger coming along as likely. I was already working out what happens if a crisis configuration goes by without a trigger, which was looking likely until COVUS 19. What do you anticipate?
I can envision the bulk of the society looking for an escape hatch as feelings of restlessness and wanting more freedom come to the surface during what remains of the pandemic. Social distancing mandates have put a little more space between us, but some of those trends were already underway even before it hit. Food delivery was already big business as more shifted that way as opposed to a lot of dining in restaurants although some still had significant patronage. And addiction to so-called social media has killed off much of the nightlife business for a few reasons plus making us less social face to face. Here in Chicago pretty much the entire summer festival season has already been scrapped where in at least parts of Texas have resumed some live music performances. I have been following a singer from Lubbock and she has already begun resuming some live performances.
The governor of Texas has been highly criticized for opening too much of the state too soon, while Illinois’ governor has proposed a five stage approach to reopening, having been encouraged to not do anything hasty which we may regret later. It is now up to each of us to explore healthy ways to deal with said restlessness and the need for something new and exciting.