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The Fourth Turning: A doomsaying theory enters pop culture
A book about where the US is headed – a ‘winter’ of upheaval and reconstruction – is capturing mainstream attention.
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Participants reenacting the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on June 30, 2023. Proponents of the "fourth turning" say the US goes through recurring upheavals, such as during the US Civil War.
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Close watchers of The Watcher, the popular Netflix series about a couple who move to the New Jersey suburbs, only to be stalked in their dream home, may have caught the reference.
It comes when one of the main characters, played by American actor Bobby Cannavale, stumbles upon a creepy man in his kitchen who describes himself as a building inspector. After Cannavale’s character remarks that people are fleeing New York City, the man replies: “It’s the fourth turning.”
