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@ The Modern Sovereign
2025-05-25 00:31:45
What Happens During a Fourth Turning?
The “Fourth Turning” is the storm after the calm—a period of upheaval that resets a society's trajectory. According to Strauss and Howe, these Crisis eras come around every 80–100 years. They’re not business cycles or political shifts.
🔥🌎 They’re full-system breakdowns and rebuilds 🌎🔥
Here are the defining traits:
1. Institutional Breakdown: Long-trusted systems lose credibility. Reform is no longer enough—people demand reinvention.
2. Rising Collective Action: The culture shifts from "me" to "we." Individualism gives way to a hunger for unity and purpose.
3. Existential Threats: Wars, revolutions, economic collapse—these aren't just possible, they’re expected. Society faces survival-level challenges.
4. A Regeneracy Event: A catalyzing crisis galvanizes the nation. Fragmentation ends. People unite around a common cause.
5. Authoritarian or Visionary Leadership: Strong leadership emerges—sometimes as a force for renewal, other times as a threat to liberty.
6. Civic Rebirth or Ruin: The Fourth Turning ends with a dramatic resolution: either a revitalized society or lasting decline.
It’s not just chaos—it’s a historical reset. And we may be living through one right now.
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