If you aren’t familiar with the Strauss-Howe Generational Theory of History, I would encourage you to take it up. As people attempt to process the Trump election, a thing many are describing as the most surprising political development in American history, the writings of Strauss and Howe are proving remarkably prescient.
Those familiar with the model are in agreement that the West (and perhaps the entire world) is in the midst of something Strauss and Howe call the Fourth Turning or, The Crisis.
A key feature of the Fourth Turning crisis is the emergence of the Grey Champion. Trump’s ascendency (as Sander’s surprising relevancy) are manifestations of the Grey Champion phenomena. Those who could not understand how three 70 year olds rose to such prominence in this cycle will find a satisfactory explanation in the Grey Champion writings of Stauss-Howe.
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