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kleinbl00  ·  2469 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The World Economic Forum presents: The Death of Retirement

Amusingly enough, Strauss and Howe argue that the 'boomers are "Prophets" (as opposed to Nomads, Heroes or Artists) and that Prophets are always dicks, blaming them for:

- the Protestant Reformation

- the Puritans

- the Awakening

- Muckraking

on the one hand, Strauss and Howe's model has successfully predicted five of the last seven inflection points (if you ignore, you know, the Civil War). It's history as Kabbalah. On the other hand, Steve Bannon made a goddamn documentary about it so it's worth understanding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory