"The Aenean Challenge" (Excerpt)
The Reality of the Present Confronts the Possibility of the Future
by The Tree Of Woe
Excerpt: "Last week, in an uncharacteristic moment of optimism inspired by the red wave that swept across America, I announced the dawn of a new civilization - one based on what I call the Aenean soul, the successor to the Faustian soul that has animated the West from the Renaissance until now. But, in truth, the new civilization has not yet dawned. We remain in the twilight of the Faustian age. And in these darkening hours, the West faces a confluence of crises, some proclaimed loudly by environmentalists, others muttered in shadowed corners of boardrooms, and still others dismissed by those who believe tomorrow must always resemble today.
These crises are rooted in resource depletion, and they threaten to collapse Western civilization long before it can achieve its Aenean destiny. The prophets of decline - be they neo-Malthusians or the stewards of the Club of Rome - warn of limits that cannot be ignored. The Faustian soul denied that such limits existed except in the minds of doomsayers. The Aenean soul acknowledges the limits but aims to overcome them with courage and wisdom. This article is my effort to make that acknowledgment and assess the challenges we face."
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