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Fourth Turning Watch: States Rights

 4th Turning (Crisis), Baby Boomer, Generations, Turnings  Add comments
Mar 252010
 

For many years, we’ve always hypothesized that one element of the Fourth Turning (Crisis) will involve state and local Boomer (born 1943-1960) leaders, having risen to positions of senior leadership, defying national supremacy.  Now this really seems to be happening (See this recent article in the NYT).  Note that it’s not just on the right, but also on the left—e.g., states legalizing marijuana or limiting the authority of the federal government over their national guard.

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  • DWilde1

    Alexander Hamilton started tearing up the Constitution before the ink was dry, and after Lincoln decimated States' rights in the Civil War, a new 'save the downtrodden' movement started gathering force, especially in the 20's and 30's. Bush and Obama both bailed out Wall Street (Hamilton's legacy) and now the Democrats are spending money we don't have on propping up health care for the masses. Neither of these is rightly the province of the federal government, so why should we be surprised that there's a backlash? It's rightly earned!

   
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