80 year cycle of us history: 1780 - 1860 1860 - 1940 1940 - 2020 revolutionary war, civil war, ww2, trump - ThreadSky

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dontlistentoanyone.bsky.social • 51 days ago

80 year cycle of us history:
1780 - 1860
1860 - 1940
1940 - 2020

revolutionary war, civil war, ww2, trump

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That sequence, war-war-war-trump. I worry that the US will find itself in a major war in the next few years. I worry the voices that would get us into that war are a lot louder than the voices that would keep us out of it even though the voices that would keep us out are more numerous.

reuelrr.bsky.social•51 days ago

WW1 in 1860-1940 kinda contradicts the point. Maybe it’s the LONGEST people can accept historical lessons is while some who lived the events still live, but we are capable of forgetting even while they live.

dontlistentoanyone.bsky.social•51 days ago

us involvement in ww1 was relatively limited, in the sense that we joined quite late, effectively in the last year, showing up as the tide was already starting to turn. compared to france, england, germany, and russia, us casualties were low

anyway not sure if i really had a point. i just noticed

reuelrr.bsky.social•51 days ago

3rd largest US war death toll after the civil war & WW2, more than Vietnam or Korean wars, but yes, far less than many other countries that fought in WW1.

As for lessons learned from history, just 25 years later we were in WW2, 5 years later Korea, 12 years later Vietnam.

Maybe war’s inevitable?

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