[lbo-talk] Left - Right 30 Year Itch

[Seth Ackerman]

Doug Henwood wrote:

>On Oct 4, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Ismail Lagardien wrote:
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>>anyway, a student came to me after class and said that he had  
>>attended a lecture by some bloke who suggested that we  may be  
>>heading for/be at the end of a 30 year swing to the right.... the  
>>point was this: 1968 was when the swing to the right started, and  
>>what uncle george, uncle dick and auntie connie have done is  
>>precipitate a swing (back) to the left. i found this quite an  
>>intriguing thesis, suggested that we have coffee and discuss it  
>>further.
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>Didn't Arthur Schlesinger come up with that idea, or at least  
>popularize it?
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FDR = Reagan
Truman = GHW Bush
Eisenhower = Clinton
Kennedy/Johnson = Bush
Hillary Clinton = Nixon
1968 = 2008

But note that things seemed to be moving left for years after 1968. A 
clearly visible shift to the right only started in the late '70's. So if 
1968 = 2008, the next decade will still seem very hopeless.

Seth