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63 sats \ 9 replies \ @SimpleStacker 11h \ parent \ on: Is the 4th turning real, and if so why hasn't it happened yet? AskSN
I think I'd qualify COVID and the reaction to it as perhaps qualifying for a 4th turning level event... especially since I think it was a lack of virtue and strength that made people so accepting of the policy responses from the government
If that's the case, it was a pretty weak 4th turning.
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It may seem that way, but as an educator I think online education absolutely wrecked a generation of kids... and it was worst for the most vulnerable, who didn't have access to quiet spaces and fast internet connections and parents who could help fill the gaps in learning.
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When compared to a civil war or world War, i don't consider covid to be that big of a deal.
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Covid was battle of the mind. When your mind is conquered then you're going no where. Think about the whole world going through this battle at almost the same time. Many are yet to recover.
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I think that's a pretty big reach to call that the 4th turning.
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I think the definitions are all kinda loose anyway. I don't know how much Strauss and Howe really believed in the specifics of their prediction, but I think the logic of generational cycles has a lot of truth to it.
Actually, the idea itself is not really new. Thomas Cole painted about it, and I remember learning that the ancient Persians were aware of this idea (strong king builds great empire, it's maintained by his successor, but the third generation brings ruin... that kind of thing)