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67. We need the return of the FDR era

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He Predicted America's Crisis Sixteen Years Ago, to the Year. His Database Says It Ends Three Ways. [View all] Dem_in_Nebr. Yesterday OP

Read the whole piece, y'all. K&R ms liberty Yesterday #1

You just gave me my first K&R! Dem_in_Nebr. Yesterday #2

K&R again! erronis 23 hrs ago #9

Dayum! GPV Yesterday #3

Damn thats a good read. N/t gay texan Yesterday #4

Kick for later Unwind Your Mind Yesterday #5

Highly Recommended La Coliniere Yesterday #6

I KNEW My Allusions to 1789 Were More Truth Than.... ColoringFool 23 hrs ago #7

You can just use pen and paper this time BaronChocula 21 hrs ago #37

Ha! I very much dislike knitting! Clickety-click, clickety-click.......! ColoringFool 17 hrs ago #62

Random related thought BaronChocula 15 hrs ago #75

I ain't no Spring chicken! ColoringFool 11 hrs ago #80

Excusez-moi moi, mais. . . Mme. Defarge 16 hrs ago #68

Turchin's article needs to be read by everyone. KS Toronado 23 hrs ago #8

Excellent analysis dlk 23 hrs ago #10

Bookmarked and Recommended CoopersDad 23 hrs ago #11

Unfortunately angrychair 23 hrs ago #12

"The greatest enemy of the United States, as far as both sides of Congress are concerned, is progressives." LymphocyteLover 23 hrs ago #16

Congress has become a path to unlimited wealth angrychair 23 hrs ago #20

who is "they" that will do anything to stop them? LymphocyteLover 2 hrs ago #83

Not true relogic 22 hrs ago #24

Well said! DemocracyForever 22 hrs ago #28

Democrats are a diverse coalition party and progressives are an important part of that coalition but are not the base LymphocyteLover 2 hrs ago #81

What? yardwork 15 hrs ago #73

The article is very interesting Klondike Kat 23 hrs ago #13

Ok then dweller 23 hrs ago #14

Ditto! Alice B. 23 hrs ago #15

Sooo...like Asimov's Psychohistory progressoid 23 hrs ago #17

are there any fictional characters more relevant to 2026 usa rampartd 22 hrs ago #32

The Mule was sterile, unfortunately our mule is/was not... Wounded Bear 21 hrs ago #39

another asimov concept is the laws of robotics rampartd 19 hrs ago #52

Yes --- Monkey D Luffy Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates in One Piece JT45242 19 hrs ago #50

i'll have to find that one. rampartd 19 hrs ago #51

Well worth everyone's time to read... Silver Gaia 23 hrs ago #18

Brilliant! GiqueCee 23 hrs ago #19

He's talking about Roosevelt's New Deal ... that's the third ending FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #21

Highly recommended democrank 22 hrs ago #22

Here's an important paragraph Bobstandard 22 hrs ago #23

But that makes 195% of societies' outcomes Farmer-Rick 16 hrs ago #69

Kick ybbor 22 hrs ago #25

I have always loved reading history. Snackshack 22 hrs ago #26

A must-read article. Talitha 22 hrs ago #27

Bush vs Gore started this nightmare DemocracyForever 22 hrs ago #29

I could not agree more. hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #54

Exactly! And then, within no time at all, came the Homeland Security Bill... BComplex 17 hrs ago #64

There's a wild card this time, and that's generative AI and the surveillance AND DISTRACTIONS it offers. highplainsdem 22 hrs ago #30

The writer and historian Morris Berman... keep_left 22 hrs ago #31

Great article jmbar2 22 hrs ago #33

Thank you. This is consistent with a book I've been meaning to read, but is still far back in my schedule... NNadir 22 hrs ago #34

Thank you for this post Dem_in_Nebr., and the link to Substack. I also subscibed. c-rational 22 hrs ago #35

Bookmarking to read later. Thank you for sharing this - looks interesting. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #36

The one difference is technology and the world economy Buckeyeblue 21 hrs ago #38

Yes, and the impact of AI will be devastating in an Oligarchy that doesn't care if the masses suffer. Doodley 13 hrs ago #77

Wow, read the entire link. I see the bottom line as the powerful's continued use of the "Divide And Conquer" method. Exp 21 hrs ago #40

who do you think is doing the organizing? NJCher 20 hrs ago #47

I agree with you:: Exp 20 hrs ago #48

Excellent article Wild blueberry 21 hrs ago #41

Way worth reading. Another Jackalope 21 hrs ago #42

Hhmm...wonder if the writer meant 1860, not 1870. mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #43

The dates were a little odd, I agree. yardwork 2 hrs ago #82

As a person who did computer modelling of animals while in myPhD program 31j20b3 21 hrs ago #44

Cliodynamics has done better while I wasn't watching 4dog 17 hrs ago #65

There is no scientific database that can predict history JCMach1 21 hrs ago #45

Generations by Strauss and Howe Deminpenn 20 hrs ago #46

I've been collecting these cyclical interpreters. Have a whole file of them. NJCher 20 hrs ago #49

Agreed, this fits very closely with "The Fourth Turning" LR3 18 hrs ago #57

The Fourth Turning is actually by at least one of "Generations" authors Deminpenn 17 hrs ago #63

Which is historiography and not scientific at all... JCMach1 2 hrs ago #84

A great read revealing math based confirmation B.See 19 hrs ago #53

"May you live in interesting times." is all the heads up I needed. OC375 19 hrs ago #55

We Missed An Off Ramp in 2008 modrepub 19 hrs ago #56

Bookmarked for later read. GoodRaisin 18 hrs ago #58

Read, kick, Rec malaise 18 hrs ago #59

K&R. Excellent article... renordgren 18 hrs ago #60

Sheesh! FINALLY got to this. calimary 18 hrs ago #61

I did, too, 21 years ago and I posted it on DU. Kid Berwyn 16 hrs ago #66

We need the return of the FDR era Clouds Passing 16 hrs ago #67

🤔 who was the President some thought would be the next FDR ? dweller 16 hrs ago #70

Biden's policies were the closest to FDR. yardwork 15 hrs ago #74

FORMIDABLE! Mme. Defarge 16 hrs ago #71

One of the best things I've read in a long time. yardwork 15 hrs ago #72

KNR and bookmarking. niyad 13 hrs ago #76

K&R red dog 1 12 hrs ago #78

Karl Marx predicted this in 1867. BlueTsunami2018 12 hrs ago #79