…and for my last trick

January 31, 2025

GENERATIONX. Born to neglect, keys around our neck, stoic AF and silent for ages, we have been summoned.

The United States of America is in crisis and it may be irreparable. If we do not step up and step in, it certainly will be.

Few democratic politicians are speaking out. They are soundly laying the burden on us.

And we see it. The parallels to the 30’s.

We know that we are fast encroaching on the 80 year cycle of history. In the 90’s, two historians predicted that a climax of upheaval would occur around 2020 and would resolve around 2026. This would be followed by a recovery or high period.

The two historians (Howe and Strauss) spoke about these crisis periods.

“The Crisis climax is human history’s equivalent to nature’s raging typhoon, the kind that sucks all surrounding matter into a single swirl of ferocious energy. Anything not lashed down goes flying; anything standing in the way gets flattened. … The climax shakes a society to its roots, transforms its institutions, redirects its purposes, and marks its people (and its generations) for life. The climax can end in triumph, or tragedy, or some combination of both.”

We will ALL be touched.

GenX women are DONE. Dealing with neglectful, aging parents and helping our children navigate a hopeless world has done something to us. We have given our last fuck and it is time to fight. Put us in coach. We are menopausal, angry and tired of the bullshit. WE will be the single swirl of ferocious energy.