# Accelerationism and the "four turnings": absolute horseshit

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 15, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accelerationism-and-the-four-turnings-absolute-horseshit/994644 "2023-12-15T17:25:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accelerationism-and-the-four-turnings-absolute-horseshit/994644/39 "2023-12-21T17:27:39Z")

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Obligatory Douglas Rushkoff reference:

> **[The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff)**
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> Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences

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