Clutching at fake straws seems to be a favourite activity among those who might regard themselves as "conservatives" or "on the Right" or "based" - those sensible, moderate, realistic, constructive, pragmatic folk; who prefer actions to words; who seek to roll-back leftism, atheism and materialism bit-by-bit and by traditional means.
I mean those incorrigible optimists (i.e. those who fail to realize the severity of the situation, and refuse to learn from experience) who continue to take an active interest in mainstream politics in general, and elections in particular.
Those who get excited by the positive possibilities of allegedly-dissenting persons who participate in public discourse and feature in the mass media.
Those who seek radical change from reforming current institutions; by infiltrating and re-occupying enemy-held ground.
Those most vocal in criticizing and boycotting those that seem most-extremely-evil among powerful, wealthy, high-status corporations and bureaucracies.
Those who seek support for building new more-functional, more-effective, more-efficient organizations to outcompete the current market leaders.
And so on.
Putting energy and resources and hope into such activities; is not just clutching at straws in relation of the vast bulking haystacks of current trends; but it always turns-out - over-and-over again - that these are fake straws...
Pseudo-straws whose covert connections and this-worldly motivations mean they are just another part of the haystack - part of the problem; not an alternative source of "nourishment".
Grasping at fake straws is not just a waste of time, it is a consuming distraction from what we ought to be doing..
Not just a distraction, but The Wrong Thing Altogether.
Things are much, much worse than such people think; and failure to grasp this is fatal, because it reveals a failure of discernment; which is itself revelatory of corrupt collusion.
This is a spiritual war; and if we are not fighting the war spiritually - then we are not fighting it at all.
