Some thoughts for the twenties
What’s the next decade going to be like?
Last time around, we had the “Roaring Twenties”. They have a glamorous reputation, but it’s worth remembering that they were when fascism arrived, and they ended in a global economic depression that partly caused and was only ended by the greatest conflict in history.
Parallels with our current situation? During the 1920s the economic system became ever more fragile. There was intense social upheaval after the First World War. A major shift within the media, to a focus on celebrities. And a surge in electronic technology: widespread