The Real Factor that Shapes the World (Part 2)

    As another demographic configuration came into being, as the Lost generation fell away, and the

Silents merged into a partnership with the G.I s. as mature adults, and the Boomers moved into

young adulthood,  a new generational order was formed. Still later the G.I.s began to fade away and

the Boomers and the Silents formed a new generational partnership, in the late 1980s, that replaced the 

old G.I.s - Silent configuration. The world is now at the point were the Xers are being called

upon to replace the Boomers, as mature adults, in what will be an epochal generational change.

     This change, as the Xers emerge as mature adults, confronts the country with its

most difficult challenge since the Civil War. This new demographic configuration represents    

a startlingly new pattern. By the next election in 2024 half the Boomers will be over seventy and

the nation will confront the very real prospect of a full blown gerontocracy. The great question now is

will the Xers be able to produce a new generation of leadership to replace the Boomers or will

the country have to wait years until around 2040 for the Millennials to produce that leadership?

If the country has to wait it will mean another period as now of great uncertainty

and social turmoil. If America has to wait years for the Millennial  generation to

emerge as the next generation of mature adults the great question will be -can we survive it?

If the country skips a generation as happened with Robert Kennedy and the Silents will there be

a period of great social instability, continuing as another like now? The answer to this

question will determine what our future looks like.   

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