Wars become more likely and are fought with moral fervor. As the aging Idealists relinquish power to the pragmatic Reactives, now in middle age, a Civic generation feeling the power of their strong upbringing precipitate a secular event in which the institutions of Society are razed and the new is built on its ruins. A youthful Adaptive Generation looks on and is protected from it all. We are approaching this era. Decreasing crime, widening sex role distinctions, artistic license is minimal, personal violence and substance abuse reducing.
Wars are very likely and are fought with fury.
A new set of ideals is adopted. Low tolerance for risk -prone behavior. These Turnings appear again and again in each of the Cycles of American history. Check out Jim Brett's compilation of generational cycles . Cohorts are individuals who have birth years in the same generation.