06-02-2022, 01:41 PM
We can certainly find heroic examples of Civic generations, such as the GIs and the Republicans, the "hero" is the only generational archetype that requires overcoming a rite of passage to attain. Nomads and Adaptives generally keep going with the same survival strategies they adopted as children, while Prophets simply come of age and say that kinds of things they always wanted to when they were younger.
It's only the Hero/Civic archetype that seems to require actually winning against a challenge in order to claim their moniker, and when you look back at history, you'll find plenty of examples of otherwise Civic generations who lost the war or were otherwise defeated by their circumstances. Case in point: the Nazi soldiers and gestapo were typically the same generation as the heroic American and British GIs who bested them during the last world war. During a 4th turning, most wars are going to be between Civic gens on two different sides, and only one of them can truly best their adversary and claim the moniker "hero", as well as the "boundless energy and hubristic swagger" attributed to GIs.
It's only the Hero/Civic archetype that seems to require actually winning against a challenge in order to claim their moniker, and when you look back at history, you'll find plenty of examples of otherwise Civic generations who lost the war or were otherwise defeated by their circumstances. Case in point: the Nazi soldiers and gestapo were typically the same generation as the heroic American and British GIs who bested them during the last world war. During a 4th turning, most wars are going to be between Civic gens on two different sides, and only one of them can truly best their adversary and claim the moniker "hero", as well as the "boundless energy and hubristic swagger" attributed to GIs.
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