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by Hintergrund
Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:42 pm
Forum: Generations
Topic: Gen X'ers Have Arrived! :)
Replies: 32
Views: 124645

Re: Gen X'ers Have Arrived! :)

John, here is what I got from Wikipedia: Born: August 4, 1961 (age 56), Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. What is the Boomer ending date? When was the last time you read the book? Strauss/Howe clearly say the Boomer cohort goes until 1960, so Obama's borderline. He's certainly very idealist (or sounds like it...
by Hintergrund
Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:53 am
Forum: Generational Theory
Topic: Fifth Turning Nations
Replies: 3
Views: 6009

Re: Fifth Turning Nations

Maybe Islamists coming to power in Turkey was the real Crisis there.
by Hintergrund
Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:48 am
Forum: Generations
Topic: Gen X'ers Have Arrived! :)
Replies: 32
Views: 124645

Re: Gen X'ers Have Arrived! :)

John wrote: The greatest IT disaster in world history: Healthcare.gov. It
was implemented by Gen-Xers, a project defined by incomptence,
corruption, fraud and stupidity.
Oh, fuck you. Last time I checked Obama was a Boomer.
by Hintergrund
Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:46 am
Forum: International events
Topic: Japan's generational history
Replies: 3
Views: 7300

Re: Japan's generational history

Japan was in self-chosen isolation for centuries. Maybe when admiral Peary forced them to open up, he dragged them out of their generational cycle and forced them into the western one. James Clavell writes in "Gai-Jin" that every few decades, some shogun negated all the debt the samurai had, crushin...