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Destruction Coming To America: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, And ‘the Fourth Turning’

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by Michael Hart, Squawker:

A crisis is not coming. It is already here, and it will be as defining a moment in the history of the United States as the Great Depression, World War II, or the American Civil War — that is, if you believe in an interesting theory laid out in a book called “The Fourth Turning: What Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous With Destiny.”

In this book published in 1997, authors William Strauss and Neil Howe make the argument that our ideas about the nature of history, linear time, and progress are illusory, and that if we want a more accurate concept on the way that history unfolds, we would do well to study the Ancient Greek concept of cyclical time.

This concept views national and global historical phenomenon not as randomly occurring events, or the linear march of historical “progress,” but instead sees them as recurring archetypes placed into a larger tapestry of a greater repeating historical cycle.

The Fourth Turning: Destruction is Coming

According to Strauss and Howe, the relative geographic and historical isolation of the United States provides a unique opportunity to view this historical cycle unfold regularly and predictably every 80 years.

This 80-year cycle can be divided into four stages or seasons, each lasting approximately twenty years:

Immediately following WWII began the time of the “First Turning.”

1. High– This initial stage occurs immediately following a period of crisis. The High is characterized by strong institutions, a sense of collective destiny, and a weakness of individuality. The most recent example of this would be the period of prosperity and conformity in the U.S. immediately following the conclusion of World War II.

2. Awakening- The second stage, or turning, is a period of questioning established values and asserting one’s independence from established norms and morals, be they spiritual or political. This stage may be seen as a rebellion of the previous era’s emphasis on material wealth and conformity. The 1960’s, with the psychedelic revolution, anti-war protests, Civil Rights marches, and New Age spiritual movements can be seen as recent characteristics of this second stage, as well as Reaganomics and the mid-1980s Wall Street ethos.

“Justice for Mike Brown” and other social justice protests are symptoms of the “Third Turning.” [Editorial credit: Rena Schild / Shutterstock.com]

3. Unraveling- The emphasis on autonomy and the questioning of spiritual, political, and individual authority in the Awakening stage eventually destabilizes society, leading to the Third Turning, in which institutions are weak and untrusted while the subjective experience of the individual is emphasized. This stage can be thought of as the inverse of the initial High stage, where collective destiny is replaced by atomization. A recent symptom of this stage would be the culture wars, corporate malfeasance, a lack of faith in government, and political correctness.

4. Crisis- In the Fourth Turning, a destabilizing event, usually involving warfare, leads to the destruction and reconstruction of institutions of power. In the face of destruction, Americans are forced to unite and forge a vision to restructure a disrupted society. This fourth stage can be seen as the inverse of the Awakening stage, and the authors cite World War II as the defining event of the most recent period of Crisis.

Destruction and war are symptoms of the “Fourth Turning.”

Strauss and Howe predicted that the next Crisis period that the US would face would happen sometime around 2005 and end around 2025. Anyone who has been paying attention over the last decade would have a difficult time refuting this. The financial crisis of 2008 threw the planet into discord, and we are now just beginning to see some of the political ramifications of this.

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    • charlie2dogs

      lawyers, judges, politicians, bankers, corp ceo’s, these have taken the wealth of the country and left the debt for the people

      • Just me

        Because the people have refused to defend their rights from the elite.

      • Josie

        True and no matter who you vote in, it never changes. We are all on the verge of losing hope. So sad. I’m getting ready to be a great grandmother which should be a happy occasion, but not a good time to bring a child into this world.

    • b4

      Read Martin Armstrong’s blog–he has the largest computer data basis on world history–the feds tried to steal it from him–all he talks about are cycles-no human on this earth will stop them–no prez,nobody–we are all fools doing the best we know how–nobody knows anything

      • b4

        and just pee you the biggest fool of all moron

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