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Hypothesis.
Weird old guy leaders like #Trump and #Biden are what happens when a #civilisation enters its end-phase. When it’s desperate to cling to what it had and is so unimaginative it can’t envision a new future. When vested interests anchor the status quo and new voices challenging it are seen as extremist. It’s all about protecting the status quo, and nothing embodies it better than old white guys preaching a new golden age just like the one they remember.
Thoughts?
@GreenerFutures doesn't fit unless you think America is the civilisation. There are lots of young idiot leaders with no vision now vying for their place in history. #Sunak #Starmer #TheUKisRunByBastards
@CloudyMrs absolutely. Sunakered or Kid Starver is hardly a grand choice here.
By no means do I contend the USA is *the* model for a society, but it’s model has spread to become a dominant ‘civilisation’ within which values, rules, beliefs & norms are largely shared. And it uses hard/soft power to convert others.
The current geopolitical struggle is IMO about ‘dominance’, or at least shaking out a new world order. Let’s hope it isn’t a violent process.
@GreenerFutures I get what you're saying, but the more I look at America, the bigger the differences I see between our and their societal values and norms. They are so far right as to be almost out of sight.
@CloudyMrs yes, more nuanced than my simple hypothesis suggests. Thank you.