One of the useful attributes of generational theory is seeing extreme change as a natural part of history, and by extension of everyday life.
Without it, it would seem ridiculous to suggest that the United States is entering a new civil war, or that the next two or four or eight years could be as bad as World War II. Instead, these declarations are backed up by a half-dozen year of posts on related topics; a decade of pushing this theory on anyone who will listen; and a twenty-five-year-old book that has forecast much of what has happened since it was published.
Twenty-five years ago, the idea that the next president of the United States would be its last was extreme. Now, well, it’s a possibility.
Which is all prologue, a way to point out that this isn’t intended as hyperbole, or demonization. It’s just how history is working out.
