the years and decades, even centuries are not historically equally indicative of our human history, evolution or decline, but surely some are more indicative and demarcated as a certain beginning or end of an epoch, a political or economical new era, considered either positive or negative, as well as an end to an either good or bad war, large genocide, invasions and imperialistic hegemony, are all marked by certain years or even specific days .
We bookmark specific years to keep track of memories in separating what comes before from what comes after . We keep mentioning and logging the year of 1991 as the year the cold war ended, as well as roughly the end of the ex USSR, and communism in general, it is associated as well to when the US. became the sole superpower on earth, unequalled by any previous military power in history, or so we thought .
As well, the year 1939 as the year WW2, started, it is more marked than 1945 when the great war ended, 1914 is more remembered than 1918 for WW1 start and end . 2008 is associated and remembered for the financial meltdown that nearly sunk the economies of the entire world with it, albeit an American crises originally .
1948 for most Arabs and more specifically Middle-Eastern, was the year the Israelis fought Arabs, and kicked out millions of Palestinians, turning them into eternal refugees, stealing their lands and capturing their country, to complete it all in 1967 with annexation of many sovereign territories of practically all its neighbors .
The thirties of last century are remembered for the great depression , as well as the rise of fascism in more than one place, Stalinism as well , These years are important generally as they change the world's conscious mind in certain directions rather than the historical and continuous advance or decline of the many years of accumulative feelings, frustrations and injustices of an epoch .
Years markings are important for sure, as they pinpoint a major change for an entire generation and an area of the world. Take the 2011 sharp movements of the Arab youths, we now call it "The Arab spring", it fizzled out in most countries. The Chinese had many different marked social and economic upheavals, leading to many violent changes before reaching a certain societal and economical stability and pseudo prosperity .
But all these marked years and their significances should not be considered by any means more important than their preceding years, the real development and creation of events of social, political, economical, imperialistic and hegemony, escalation of brutality and imposing of wars on others, are all created in the many previous years psych of regimes and their brain-washing propaganda and indoctrination. A nice quote from Jacob Riis says ; It's never the final hammer blow that breaks the log, it's all the hammer blows that came before it .
Our actual ages, especially the years 2018, 19, and maybe 2020, will for sure be fairly marked in future historical annals, as the beginning of a new epoch and socio-economical reshaping of our modern world. The events, elections, conflicts, wars, the evolving of right wing fascist and populist tendencies, fanatic nationalism, racism, would all lead inevitably the global scene into some radical changes, that are going to be felt for some years to come.
The elites all over, and more so here in America has become so indifferent to the plight of the entire poorer classes, from middle to the bottom, and are just interested in continuing their massive accumulation of wealth, regardless of any other consideration, and behave as if all is well. The distrust between the two classes is at its highest since many decades, eliminating any trace of fantasies or hope from the lower classes for their future.
One era is ending and another will soon begin, an era that has yet to be defined, as it looks for sure as if we're all headed into a point of no return, where we will all feel its effects and live through them .
My usual many thanks for every one's time, and a happy new year to all....
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