Bob MacGuffie: We Have Now Begun The ‘Resolution’ Of This Fourth Turning

I remember studying kondratieff cycles in economies and I'm a believer is cyclical rhythms. A curious one I read about involved culture and intellectual history. Some components of cyclic thought stages are "declarative - extensional - formulaic. Some knowledge is is discrete and serves as a set of principles = declarative knowledge. The bible and ten commandments are declarative knowledge. Upon a declarative knowledge base there is "extensional knowledge" The US Constitution is an extension of Judeo-Christian theological sensibilities with regard to unalienable divine rights etc. Currently we have a lot of peculiar formulaic "rights" that have the language of declarative and extensional knowledge but they actually break from those as originated in spiritual knowledge bases. Every day we seem to have superficial, new "rights" for one thing or another - faux-formula rights that are more like memes that are free floating and based on nothing substantive.

I ordered Government Gangsters in July and prepaid for it then. I still have not received it. I understand you don't run operations Steve but you command the boat so the responsibility is yours.

The 4th turning is caused by transiting Uranus return absolute. 45 years experience. Now accompanied with transiting Pluto return. Oh yeah, don't forget a biggy...transiting Saturn square Pluto 2029. Remember this, if you remember anything, APOPHIS. Interesting note of imminent concern: Opposition of Transiting Pluto from the 1st Amer Rev? Dropping of Nuclear bombs on Nagasaki/Hiroshima. Next Pluto opposition? Beware of APOPHIS point of timing. BEWARE of March and April 2029. 2029 ends kinetic war. Watch our enemies Of Christ from Dec 25, 2028 to March and April 2029 especially. We must endure APOPHIS timing. 6 months prior to it's flyby(?) and onward to finishing the war by Sept/Oct 2029.

I have read about but not read Strauss–Howe itself. It sounds interesting and I will try to read the book. How much is the Strauss–Howe generational theory akin to "the great man theory"? Is it possibly an extension of that theory? In either case, Strauss-Howe analysts might benefit from greater awareness of the work on cycles done through the National Bureau of Economic Research such as the body of work contributed by the late Victor Zarnowitz. Given the subject matter -- why and how a society changes/is changed -- it would be useful to understand why and how a society is formed, its on-going dynamic -- basically, how it got to the point that change is needed -- and why and how the society's cooperation and order break down. (Why do rational individuals change/rebel?) Economist authors whose work would contribute to a greater understanding include Gordon Tullock, James Buchanan, Mancur Olson, Jack Hirshleifer, Todd Sandler and Paul Collier. From political science see the work T. David Mason, David Laitin, Nicholas Sambanis, James Fearon and Havard Hegre. Sociologist Jack Goldstone has made invaluable contributions in related areas for decades. It is necessary to include the work of strategists as well, beginning with that of Donald J. Hanle, Thomas Thornton, William Lind and T. X. Hammes. The suggested works might help in overcoming criticisms about quantification and provable forecasts using established data streams and methods.

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