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Leaving aside all the wacky conspiracy theories about the US Government infecting people with bird flu or some such, I think the original intent of this thread poses an interesting and important question that is worthy of some discussion: is there a possibility of civil war in the US? As I stated pr...

It is too simple ... and of course - not quite correct. Actually it is correct, and not simple. A civil war - could have actually even more different reasons. The simplest is - so called - "ideological". (For example - Spain civil war) Your (USA) civil war is perhaps also some kind of "ideological"...

Much has been made on John's site and this forum regarding the current economic troubles and how they relate to Generational Dynamics. This seems straightforard enough--generational panics and crashes occur during 4th Turnings when the survivors of the previous crises all retire or die all at once. ...

I used to be of the mind that Russia had its crisis with the breakup of the Soviet Union, and that it was now in a Recovery Era, but lately my mind has changed somewhat. I am leaning towards 5th Turning, because there really wasn't a regeneracy and climax. Also, someone mentioned that a 5th Turning ...

John, I agree with your conclusions that Mexico is fracturing along ethnic lines, but I differ in your interpretation of the Mestizos. In situations like this, whenever there's ethnic intermarrying, the family almost always still retains loyalty to one side or the other, usually the mother's side. I...

I became really interested in Mexico after I read an article in Foreign Policy Magazine ( http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4684 ). Basically, it posits that the drug cartels started in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico (major city: Mazatlan), and has expanded from there. It seems that ...

Hello everyone, My name is Matt, and I am a 27-year old Urban Planner from Alexandria, Virginia. I guess this puts me on the cusp of Gen-X/Millenial, but I definitely self-identify with the Millenials much more than with Gen-X. I have been reading John's site since 2005, and it has really changed my...