America In Transition: Moving from a Conservative to a Liberal Society

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Social change in America follows remarkably consistent patterns of behavior dating back to the time of the War of Independence. A close analysis of those patterns reveals why American society, at the beginning of the 21st century, is so bitterly divided. Those patterns also reveal the direction social and political values are likely to move over the next quarter century.

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http://www.futureswatch.org/Timeline.htm