Watching old CSPAN footage and listening to talk radio reruns this weekend illustrated a pattern. We have a choice, a selection. We can choose:

A Prophet, nurtured as a Nomad, selected an archetypical Artist from the previous saeculum.

An aging Artist, kicked in the teeth by life, chose a GenX Reformer.

We are in a prototypical ‘Fourth Turning’ as defined by Strauss & Howe in ‘The Fourth Turning’. We have a choice of two teams. One ‘led’ by an indecisive ‘Prophet of Words’ who most likely had his second selected by others. The other led by a nomadic, but culturally structured, individual who chose a fighter.

I think we are all in for a surprise, eh.

(Note: I presumptuously linked to my site in which I discuss this futher and Strauss & Howe’s Fourth Turning site – which is my primary source. Obviously, the PajamaMedia team seems a bit concerned about links so I just removed them in this comment)