James Howard Kunstler analyzes the current techno-industrial crisis

James Howard Kunstler discusses the current state of the techno-industrial order, describing a period of instability referred to as the ‘Fourth Turning’ or the ‘Long Emergency.’ He suggests that various societal structures are currently coming apart in significant ways.

In the United States, this tension is manifested through the political divide between Trumpism and Leftism. Kunstler notes that Donald Trump seeks to rebuild the nation based on Hamiltonian principles, focusing on an economy driven by the production of real value, though he acknowledges this approach involves the complexities of Hamiltonian finance and government-assisted debt.