tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7553592395095840530..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Leftist bubble popped after vulnerable phase of excitement cycle ended, leaving no demand for therapeutic parapoliticsagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-32117589666188751202020-04-12T07:09:45.357-04:002020-04-12T07:09:45.357-04:00Mass violence will happen this decade, if it strik...Mass violence will happen this decade, if it strikes. Peter Turchin's been predicting that for awhile, based on the 50-year cycle of mass violence below the international level (riots, uprisings, school shootings, etc.).<br /><br />The last peak was circa 1970, so that means the next peak should strike around -- well, now. Not difficult to see food riots, unemployment riots, anti-stir-crazy riots, etc., breaking out when summer weather raises everyone's testosterone levels.<br /><br />It won't be due to recession / depression per se, since we've had plenty of those where no mass violence resulted. But these mass violence outbreaks happen every 50 years, and we're due for another one.<br /><br />How could people *not* get angry when the economy is crashing, and the elites are using the occasion to loot the treasury to make themselves whole after yet another round of disastrous greed and competitive consumption, while everyone else goes hungry and has no income -- and is forced to stay indoors all day long, day in and day out?agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-26984668218196324502020-04-11T20:28:09.435-04:002020-04-11T20:28:09.435-04:00The 2030s should be in another rising crime period...The 2030s should be in another rising crime period so future wokeness will likely come with guns and bombs like the 1970s New Left or Maoist-style "Smash The Four Olds" campaigns.Aidan Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206683868950960625noreply@blogger.com