i think that for people who are aware of the sh!tshow and the solutions, the 4th turning is nothing but a script. in fact, if you look at the world on the periphery, like the private farmer or a mountaineer, i think he has no idea that there is a cycle taking place, until he ventures into the center of the city.

megalomaniacs love rituals, cycles, prophecies (that are their own) and it looks like they try really hard to stay on schedule - they usually are, because it's merely a matter of how many fiat money-units have to be printed for the orchestration of events.

the problem with this coming crisis is that the theatre is rapidly losing participants. so not only they are paying people to play out the script, but they also have to pay them to stay on the stage in the first place.

i think opting out of the show will become, in due course, as easy as taking the eyes off the blue-light screen and taking out the ear-buds. at some point participation will literally be rewarded with screen-time tokens and/or ear-time tokens, and people will be captivated by this ritual.

u can see this trend in young children who cry as soon as their ipad is taken away, and who experience anxiety as soon as the soothing music stops. one must train hard and train everyone else to avoid falling into this behavior in the first place.