AB, I was not familiar with this theory but I looked it up.
Like many such things, it contains a grain of truth -- the general observation that there is a natural cyclicality of generations, and some commonalities between generations that are shaped by major wars, as well as between generations that inherit an extended peacetime. But as usual, this accurate general observation cannot bear the burden of trying to extend it to encompass an impossibly regular pattern of an exact 4 generation cycle, "turnings" and "awakenings" and "prophets" and "nomads" and the like.
The problem with a lot of people's thinking is that they don't know when to stop -- when a particular line of thought has been carried as far as it can be, and any attempt to force it to go any farther is no longer useful. On the other hand, if the purpose is to churn out books and be invited to think tanks, maybe that is a feature not a bug, LOL.
Like many such things, it contains a grain of truth -- the general observation that there is a natural cyclicality of generations, and some commonalities between generations that are shaped by major wars, as well as between generations that inherit an extended peacetime. But as usual, this accurate general observation cannot bear the burden of trying to extend it to encompass an impossibly regular pattern of an exact 4 generation cycle, "turnings" and "awakenings" and "prophets" and "nomads" and the like.
The problem with a lot of people's thinking is that they don't know when to stop -- when a particular line of thought has been carried as far as it can be, and any attempt to force it to go any farther is no longer useful. On the other hand, if the purpose is to churn out books and be invited to think tanks, maybe that is a feature not a bug, LOL.
same old shit, sixes and sevens Shaft...