I think this is the least cogent part of the argument. Anything can happen, yes we are dealing with humans, but they spend all of this time and effort over decades to just say, "Oh fuck it, those Japs are going down, forget our strategic plan and patience, where we were clearly winning"?Burner Prime wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:00 pmBut that assumes rationale, and John always points out they like to choose the stupidest, most self-destructive path over anything else.
More than anything, it seems like a wish to get it into the Fourth Turning window, or the Fifth Turning. Or are we up to allowing for a Sixth Turning at this point? Would we then change the name to Multi Generational Dynamics theory?