{"id":76191,"date":"2026-08-11T23:35:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=76191"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:22:37","slug":"the-4th-fourth-turning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=76191","title":{"rendered":"<h1><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Final Phase of the &#8220;4th Fourth Turning&#8221; is Here<\/span><\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->State of the Nation<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76505\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-at-7.14.42-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-at-7.14.42-AM.png 798w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-at-7.14.42-AM-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-at-7.14.42-AM-768x141.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>KEY POINTS:<\/strong> What happens during the 4th Fourth Turning is that there is a cumulative effect with regard to those most impactful issues and highly consequential matters which have not been successfully resolved during the previous three Fourth Turnings.\u00a0 In other words, the extent to which the biggest problems that the American people are facing today, as a result of previous generations not bringing sufficient closure to them during prior cycles, will determine just how tumultuous, turbulent and tempestuous the present 4th Turning will be.\u00a0 Which is precisely why the U.S. citizenry is now confronted with multiple wars going on simultaneously (see below); albeit, some of those wars are not yet fully kinetic but they will be if the righteous among US do not swiftly unify to stop them.\u00a0 What that looks like is anyone&#8217;s guess; however, in order to avert certain catastrophe of every sort and kind, <em>We the People<\/em> must take full responsibility for the current <strong>State of the Nation<\/strong> in a manner&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The phrase &#8220;Fourth Turning&#8221; comes from the 1997 book <strong>The Fourth Turning<\/strong> by William Strauss and Neil Howe. It describes a repeating 75-to-85-year cycle in modern history and particularly with regard to the development and evolution of the American Republic. Each cycle has four 20-year eras called &#8220;turnings&#8221;: a High, an Awakening, an Unraveling, and a Crisis (aka the Fourth Turning)<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">The Four Eras<\/h2>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhvsfLkJqWAxU6v4kEHbiCFlIQi4wTegoIAggACAAICxAB\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAsQAQ\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAsQAg\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">First Turning (The High):<\/strong>\u00a0A bright time after a crisis. Society feels strong and works together. Old values fade away.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhvsfLkJqWAxU6v4kEHbiCFlIQi4wTegoIAggACAAICxAD\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAsQAw\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAsQBA\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">Second Turning (The Awakening):<\/strong>\u00a0A time of spiritual change. People rebel against the established rules.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhvsfLkJqWAxU6v4kEHbiCFlIQi4wTegoIAggACAAICxAF\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAsQBQ\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAsQBg\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">Third Turning (The Unraveling):<\/strong>\u00a0Institutions grow weak. People care more about themselves than the group.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhvsfLkJqWAxU6v4kEHbiCFlIQi4wTegoIAggACAAICxAH\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAsQBw\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAsQCA\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">Fourth Turning (The Crisis):<\/strong>\u00a0A dangerous era of deep upheaval. Old systems break down completely. Society is forced to rebuild a new civic order<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhvsfLkJqWAxU6v4kEHbiCFlIQi4wTegoIAggACAAIDRAA\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACA0QAA\">\n<h2 class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">Historical Examples<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhvsfLkJqWAxU6v4kEHbiCFlIQi4wTegoIAggACAAIDhAB\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACA4QAQ\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACA4QAg\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">1st Fourth Turning (1776) &#8212; American Revolution:<\/strong> The crisis that birthed the United\u00a0 States of America from the original Thirteen Colonies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhvsfLkJqWAxU6v4kEHbiCFlIQi4wTegoIAggACAAIDhAD\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACA4QAw\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACA4QBA\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">2nd Fourth Turning (1861) &#8212; American Civil War:<\/strong> The highly divisive crisis over slavery and the Union.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhvsfLkJqWAxU6v4kEHbiCFlIQi4wTegoIAggACAAIDhAF\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACA4QBQ\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACA4QBg\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">3rd Fourth Turning (1939) &#8212; World War II preceded by the Great Depression:<\/strong> The greatest crises of the 20th century, both national and global<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjhvsfLkJqWAxU6v4kEHbiCFlIQi4wTegoIAggACAAIDhAB\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACA4QAQ\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Z1qcYe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACA4QAg\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\">4th Fourth Turning (2016) &#8212; Second American Revolution, Civil War 2.0, American Bolshevik Revolution, World War III:<\/strong> The current crisis that is causing American Experiment to blow up the laboratory<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>*Various authors and 21st century commentators use &#8220;4th Fourth Turning&#8221; to describe the current decade of intense political division, institutional decay, governmental corruption, pervasive oligarchal criminality, international crises and global tensions as a major historical turning point.<\/h4>\n<h3>4th Fourth Turning<\/h3>\n<p>America\u2019s 4th <em>Fourth Turning<\/em> was always meant to be the primary catalyst for these End Times that are swiftly unfolding all around US as well as the world community of nations.\u00a0 Another brief review of the previous &#8220;Fourth Turnings&#8221; clearly informs US as to where this 4th one is heading fast and furiously, especially when compared to this previous Fourth Turnings.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe first Fourth Turning was the American Revolution; the second was the Civil War; the third was the Great Depression and World War II; and the fourth is the ever-intensifying World War III along with the ongoing non-kinetic Civil War 2.0, the surreptitious American Bolshevik Revolution and raging Second American Revolution.<br \/>\n<em>(Source:\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=74876\">4TH FOURTH TURNING ALERT: Khazarian-Engineered World War 3 Enters Kinetic Phase Globally<\/a><\/b>)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But why will the current 4th Fourth Turning dwarf the previous three?<\/p>\n<p>Because, the American people fatefully failed to get its house in order on so many levels and in so many ways.\u00a0 The nation consistently neglected to deal with its overwhelming financial problems (e.g $40 Trillion National Debt) and most formidable social challenges and seemingly insurmountable political obstacles and ever-corrosive governmental corruption and on and on and on &#8230; since the end of World War II.<\/p>\n<p>And because of how much more complicated life is today in every sphere of life, and how they interpenetrate each other as never before, the potential for systemic breakdown in one sphere will inevitably impact all of the others.<\/p>\n<p>State of the Nation<br \/>\nAugust 14, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76191"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76509,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76191\/revisions\/76509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}