Hero generation (civic team-builders)

Definition

Strauss-Howe archetype: generational cohort born during an Unraveling era (childhood coincides with institutional decay + cultural fragmentation, with heavy protection). Civic, team-oriented, confident, institution-building. In young-to-mid-adulthood during the Crisis era, they are the mass-mobilization cohort that executes the climax (wars, big public works, institutional construction). After the climax, they populate the leadership of the new First-Turning High era. Example cohorts: US Millennials (1982-2004), GI (1901-1924), Republican (1843-1861), Glorious (1648-1673).

Predictions it moves

Appears in these cycles

• The Western democratic-industrial world →
• Young-population pressure (one generation) →
• The 80-year generational cycle of societies →

How to read this

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