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CannCon and Ashe in America wrap up the long-running journey through The Fourth Turning with the dramatic final chapters, breaking down generational “scripts,” crisis-era archetypes, and how each cohort, from GIs to Millennials, is positioned to shape the nation’s future. The episode explores the book’s warnings about national collapse, its hopes for a Golden Age, and the authors’ sweeping take on cyclical history, memory spans, and the eternal return. CannCon and Ashe dig into the text’s biggest claims, debate whether America is headed for destruction or renewal, and reflect on what the Fourth Turning means for the moment we’re living in now. They also preview the next read, Smedley Butler’s War Is a Racket, and discuss future Book Club picks as they officially put this massive work to rest.
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