It is facile to perceive that none of the proffered options about the future are good; all are shades and types of purposive evil; plus they are not possible, and will be harmful to attempt.
But; if what is wanted is a global, or national, or even local utopian vision; then I can't do any better than a few comments about the need for acknowledging the primacy of individual discernment, and a different set of metaphysical assumptions...
These including a mantra ABC of Animism (this living world), Beings (as the irreducible units of this living world), and Creation (the purposive divine basis of this living world of Beings).
I cannot do better than to highlight the nature of Jesus Christ's gifts to us; gifts that make possible a coherent and hope-full life in the ABC universe.
These gifts include resurrected eternal life into a heaven that is a Second Creation - a Second Creation that is wholly and everlastingly loving and eternal, because entropy/ death and that which is evil in beings' nature is left-behind at resurrection...
But where does this framework for life leave us in a world where public discourse is defined by our "opinions" and choices between only-evil alternatives?
One direction is in our understanding, which is always very incomplete. I don't mean that people need to be "better informed" - that can't be it (it represents a further and deeper engagement with the vast world of lies and inversion that is actual public discourse).
Understanding must instead be a recognition that the whole range of public values is grossly deformed by unexamined assumptions; and this recognition can (surely) only arise bottom-up from each person developing his own innerly-originated discernments;
And his own relationship with the only valid source of external discernment - which is direct contact, mind-to-mind, with the Holy Ghost.
Then - the rightness of our inner impulses will (by comparison) "automatically" discerns the wrongness of any number and combination of external discourses.
Furthermore is the question of what happens to this understanding; if or when we achieve it?
It is tempting, but futile (and increasingly so) to suppose that our positive influence must or ought to be via public discourse. If that is necessary, we can be sure any positive effects will be insignificant, or won't happen at all.
I think there must be a faith that whenever we accomplish something good in our thinking, in our understanding, in our motivations, or doings; that it will be divinely recognized and made-available.
We are each unique beings, and therefore can (in principle) make unique and unforeseen contributions to divine creation. It seems right that God, the prime creator, will be aware when this happens, and will be able to build our personal contributions into ongoing creation - without our necessarily knowing about it, or how, or the consequences thereof.
It is, indeed, something that is happening all the time.
Once our contribution, our new understanding, has been built-into creation; it is then available to other Beings; by direct knowing, by mind-to-mind contact between Beings.
On this basis; we ought not to worry about whether or how we speak, write, disseminate our insights and other contributions; because that is taken care of in an ultimate and permanent sense.
Our proper concern is, rather, whether our speaking, writing etc is helpful to our own spiritual condition - whether it encourages us, clarifies or extends thinking etc. in terms of our ultimate orientation and motivations.
We ought to do the right thing by these lights; which are idealistic and individual.
Anything that may be accomplished, whether positively in terms of informing or inspiring others, or in terms of being misunderstood or twisted by others, is secondary - and "out of our hands".
Therefore we should not worry over it.
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