“Civilization should not merely be defended, it must be rebuilt, ceaselessly, because barbarism continues to destroy, and barbarism is never more threatening than when it, in turn, pretends to build. The worst misfortune in the world is that is has never been more difficult to distinguish between the builders and the destroyers. Barbarism has never had such powerful means to deceive: evil has never had a better opportunity to pretend to perform the works of good.”
- Georges Bernanos
This quote dates itself because it is now very easy to see the destroyers. I guess that means we are approaching the end.
“So, if we are living out the great End, let’s give it a defiant laugh. For as civilization accelerates into freefall and panic – generally masked as euphoria, just as the freefall is masked as progress – one cannot help but notice how progressively surreal and unavoidably funny it all becomes. So, why not mock the great mockery until it dissolves into nothing from which it came? Come to think of it, when all is said and done, there is not much else left to do besides repentance. The world won’t be redeemed by laughing at its tail-spinning counterfeit, but it’s a step in the right direction.”
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