The problem becomes apparent when two people can agree on the facts present in any particular case and yet disagree: they do not share the same dream. If we can both agree on the fact that this—let us say a flag—is black, and I say it is bad and you say it is good, then we do not share the same dream. I do not deny that there is an information crisis at the moment; it is very difficult to agree that the flag is black. However, the more insidious problem is that once we have waded through the mire of misinformation, we very often fail, even here, to agree. We do not share the same dream.
I think this the cause of our information crisis, in all truth. At bottom, after sifting through the facts and setting them reasonably in order, one of the first differences we often discover is that truth is not a value for many of our countrymen. Lies, theft, and murder are not assumed to be wrong, and there is no agreed upon arbiter above us to say it is. Don’t misunderstand, all sides use the invectives: Murderer! Thief! Liar! They are powerful words, and for some, power, not truth, is the sole consideration of the tongue.
There are two competing dreams at present—if there are more than these two I do not say—one which seeks the truth and one which seeks power. It is important perhaps to note that the first acknowledges the second while the second dogmatically denies the first. To the Pilates of the world, there is no truth, only kingdoms, and the kingdom of the opponent is a very long way off.
The information crisis we face is terrible and immediate, it must be faced before the issue of this paper can be broached, but it is also transitory. Forever will the kingdoms of earth rebel against the Kingdom of Heaven, forever until the end of time.
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