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32. are there any fictional characters more relevant to 2026 usa

Reply to progressoid (Reply #17)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:46 PM

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than asimov's "mule"

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He Predicted America's Crisis Sixteen Years Ago, to the Year. His Database Says It Ends Three Ways. [View all] Dem_in_Nebr. Jul 10 OP

Read the whole piece, y'all. K&R ms liberty Jul 10 #1

You just gave me my first K&R! Dem_in_Nebr. Jul 10 #2

K&R again! erronis Jul 10 #9

Dayum! GPV Jul 10 #3

Damn thats a good read. N/t gay texan Jul 10 #4

Kick for later Unwind Your Mind Jul 10 #5

Highly Recommended La Coliniere Jul 10 #6

I KNEW My Allusions to 1789 Were More Truth Than.... ColoringFool Jul 10 #7

You can just use pen and paper this time BaronChocula Jul 10 #37

Ha! I very much dislike knitting! Clickety-click, clickety-click.......! ColoringFool Jul 10 #62

Random related thought BaronChocula Jul 10 #75

I ain't no Spring chicken! ColoringFool Jul 10 #80

Excusez-moi moi, mais. . . Mme. Defarge Jul 10 #68

Turchin's article needs to be read by everyone. KS Toronado Jul 10 #8

Excellent analysis dlk Jul 10 #10

Bookmarked and Recommended CoopersDad Jul 10 #11

Unfortunately angrychair Jul 10 #12

"The greatest enemy of the United States, as far as both sides of Congress are concerned, is progressives." LymphocyteLover Jul 10 #16

Congress has become a path to unlimited wealth angrychair Jul 10 #20

who is "they" that will do anything to stop them? LymphocyteLover Saturday #83

Not true relogic Jul 10 #24

Well said! DemocracyForever Jul 10 #28

Democrats are a diverse coalition party and progressives are an important part of that coalition but are not the base LymphocyteLover Saturday #81

In short relogic Sunday #85

What? yardwork Jul 10 #73

The article is very interesting Klondike Kat Jul 10 #13

Ok then dweller Jul 10 #14

Ditto! Alice B. Jul 10 #15

Sooo...like Asimov's Psychohistory progressoid Jul 10 #17

are there any fictional characters more relevant to 2026 usa rampartd Jul 10 #32

The Mule was sterile, unfortunately our mule is/was not... Wounded Bear Jul 10 #39

another asimov concept is the laws of robotics rampartd Jul 10 #52

Yes --- Monkey D Luffy Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates in One Piece JT45242 Jul 10 #50

i'll have to find that one. rampartd Jul 10 #51

Well worth everyone's time to read... Silver Gaia Jul 10 #18

Brilliant! GiqueCee Jul 10 #19

He's talking about Roosevelt's New Deal ... that's the third ending FakeNoose Jul 10 #21

Highly recommended democrank Jul 10 #22

Here's an important paragraph Bobstandard Jul 10 #23

But that makes 195% of societies' outcomes Farmer-Rick Jul 10 #69

Kick ybbor Jul 10 #25

I have always loved reading history. Snackshack Jul 10 #26

A must-read article. Talitha Jul 10 #27

Bush vs Gore started this nightmare DemocracyForever Jul 10 #29

I could not agree more. hamsterjill Jul 10 #54

Exactly! And then, within no time at all, came the Homeland Security Bill... BComplex Jul 10 #64

There's a wild card this time, and that's generative AI and the surveillance AND DISTRACTIONS it offers. highplainsdem Jul 10 #30

The writer and historian Morris Berman... keep_left Jul 10 #31

Great article jmbar2 Jul 10 #33

Thank you. This is consistent with a book I've been meaning to read, but is still far back in my schedule... NNadir Jul 10 #34

Thank you for this post Dem_in_Nebr., and the link to Substack. I also subscibed. c-rational Jul 10 #35

Bookmarking to read later. Thank you for sharing this - looks interesting. yellow dahlia Jul 10 #36

The one difference is technology and the world economy Buckeyeblue Jul 10 #38

Yes, and the impact of AI will be devastating in an Oligarchy that doesn't care if the masses suffer. Doodley Jul 10 #77

Wow, read the entire link. I see the bottom line as the powerful's continued use of the "Divide And Conquer" method. Exp Jul 10 #40

who do you think is doing the organizing? NJCher Jul 10 #47

I agree with you:: Exp Jul 10 #48

Excellent article Wild blueberry Jul 10 #41

Way worth reading. Another Jackalope Jul 10 #42

Hhmm...wonder if the writer meant 1860, not 1870. mwmisses4289 Jul 10 #43

The dates were a little odd, I agree. yardwork Saturday #82

As a person who did computer modelling of animals while in myPhD program 31j20b3 Jul 10 #44

Cliodynamics has done better while I wasn't watching 4dog Jul 10 #65

There is no scientific database that can predict history JCMach1 Jul 10 #45

Generations by Strauss and Howe Deminpenn Jul 10 #46

I've been collecting these cyclical interpreters. Have a whole file of them. NJCher Jul 10 #49

Agreed, this fits very closely with "The Fourth Turning" LR3 Jul 10 #57

The Fourth Turning is actually by at least one of "Generations" authors Deminpenn Jul 10 #63

Which is historiography and not scientific at all... JCMach1 Saturday #84

A great read revealing math based confirmation B.See Jul 10 #53

"May you live in interesting times." is all the heads up I needed. OC375 Jul 10 #55

We Missed An Off Ramp in 2008 modrepub Jul 10 #56

Bookmarked for later read. GoodRaisin Jul 10 #58

Read, kick, Rec malaise Jul 10 #59

K&R. Excellent article... renordgren Jul 10 #60

Sheesh! FINALLY got to this. calimary Jul 10 #61

I did, too, 21 years ago and I posted it on DU. Kid Berwyn Jul 10 #66

We need the return of the FDR era Clouds Passing Jul 10 #67

🤔 who was the President some thought would be the next FDR ? dweller Jul 10 #70

Biden's policies were the closest to FDR. yardwork Jul 10 #74

FORMIDABLE! Mme. Defarge Jul 10 #71

One of the best things I've read in a long time. yardwork Jul 10 #72

KNR and bookmarking. niyad Jul 10 #76

K&R red dog 1 Jul 10 #78

Karl Marx predicted this in 1867. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 10 #79