In a speech before the House that seemed lifted right out of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian classic, Rep. Glenn Grothman said he wants the U.S. to go back to 1960.
I’m wondering about that 80 year cycle theory and getting increasingly worried, TBH. The ultra-rich thinking their money will save them from any repercussions are sowing more and more division and hatred, while stealing all the money and making people even more miserable (that they then blame on “liberals” like Soros, and Big Tech, etc.) and even more desperate and hateful is not going to lead to good things.
Luckily those generations are about to all die off.
They’ve passed their *isms onto some of their kids, but less than before.
We just gotta keep working at it and it’ll get smaller and smaller.
I’m wondering about that 80 year cycle theory and getting increasingly worried, TBH. The ultra-rich thinking their money will save them from any repercussions are sowing more and more division and hatred, while stealing all the money and making people even more miserable (that they then blame on “liberals” like Soros, and Big Tech, etc.) and even more desperate and hateful is not going to lead to good things.
What cycle theory?
It’s not well-supported, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory