{"id":243,"date":"2015-01-10T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T16:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textor.ca\/?p=243"},"modified":"2015-01-10T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T16:50:27","slug":"taking-the-passion-out-of-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/taking-the-passion-out-of-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking The Passion Out of Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When H.S. Dent explains that politics follows an 80 year cycle, it takes all the passion out of it. It\u2019s no surprise that we have no control over large events and explaining that events occur in cycles re-iterates this. What Dent\u2019s cycle says is that there is an 80 year four-season economic cycle and liberals are favored in the summer &amp; fall seasons (good times, bubbles; e.g. Post great depression to the 1960s) while conservatives are favored in the winter and spring season (recessions, high inflation, lagging innovation; e.g. 1970s \u2013 current day). \u00a0This helps explain why waiting for the government to make a decision that affects personal situations is extreme folly since the political lean required may take decades to come about.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Harry-S.-Dent\/e\/B000APCXRS\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Harry-S.-Dent\/e\/B000APCXRS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When H.S. Dent explains that politics follows an 80 year cycle, it takes all the passion out of it. It\u2019s no surprise that we have no control over large events and explaining that events occur in cycles re-iterates this. 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