Has the regeneracy arrived?

[Eric the Green]

(02-11-2020, 02:04 PM)Skabungus Wrote: There is a lot of stuff teetering.  Just hanging there, waiting for a good breeze to push it over....

When the shit goes down, I think it will be fast and furious.  I somehow, against reason, feel it will be over as fast as it starts.  Not a 15 year protracted engagement, but a few short and REALLY EXCITING TO THE POINT OF TERROR YEARS.  

When the smoke clears I think a few things will be completely absent.  Baby Boomer influence, the war over abortion and the age of technology will be among them.  In their place I see clear, pragmatic, secular models that make the best of a bad situation for the most people possible.  It wont be called socialism either.  It will be called getting the job done.

Pretty good summary. However, Baby Boomer influence will continue for a while though. The war over abortion and other culture war issues remain in the background. Age of Technology absent? You're kidding.

I do think a more pragmatic approach will gain ground, since the jobs need to be done. But as you point out, lots of jobs need to be done. It may take more than pragmatism to move the needles. But the 4T will last the full 21 years, starting in 2008 and ending in 2029. The crunch time has not even begun. It will take a few years before the dams erected by the reactionaries over the last 40 years will burst, as they must for progress to resume. That's why I don't think the 4T climax will be over as fast as it starts. Such big hurdles don't collapse overnight. But I think the temperature and the speed of events and changes will increase throughout the 2020s, and will climax in the second half of the decade.