Dear Bertrand,
burt wrote:
> Just a point about the Generational Theory. You say Burma is on a
> Unravelling era and China not, why if you compare the 8/8/88 with
> the Tienanmen Square massacre in 1989, they should be in the same
> era for this theory, no? What makes the difference?
China's last crisis war, Mao's Communist Revolution, ended in 1949.
The Awakening era climax does not occur at a fixed time. It appears
that it can occur anywhere from about 25 to 50 years after the end of
the crisis war.
One issue that needs more research is why Awakening era climaxes in
different nations sometimes tend to be clustered, even when the
nations have had crisis wars at different times. This happened in
1848 and 1989. It implies that international events can trigger an
Awakening era crisis in several countries at the same time.
Another interesting case is Iran, which is now 22 years after the end
of its crisis war, and is facing a critical conflict between the older
generation (mullahs) and the younger generation. This is a
fascinating situation, since an Awakening era climax may be near.
John