82 What You Need to Know about the Next 10 Years Part 2

Part 2.Well, this is not a typical podcast for us and we struggled to share these concepts. But if we are indeed in the midst of a 4th Turning, then we felt obligated to let you know. We hope we are wrong and this model doesn't work out. However, the trends seem to be aligning and building. If we know something is coming, we can mitigate the stresses of life better. This is part 2 of a very important 3 part series about generational cycles and the changing times that lie ahead of us. We are all part of 80(ish) year cycles of history when major shifts occur. When these new 80 year cycles begin, the old way of life cannot imagine the new way of life. We talk about how the Reformation, discovering the “New World”, the American Revolution, the Civil War, and WW2 all occurred at the end of the 80 year cycles.According to Strauss and Howe, we are now in the 4th Turning. There are 5 stages in this "winter" season of the 80 year generation cycle.Stage 1 - A spark will highlight the move away from institutions. Stage 2 - Disruption and break down of the institutionsStage 3 - Collapse of Normal Markets - social contracts are void (economic, pensions, ?)Stage 4 - climax of the turning - total warStage 5 - new beginning (new declaration of independence or reformation or end to slavery - something so new that we cannot imagine it right now)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory