The renaissance ideal of self-discovery and self-appreciation as a human being of great intellect, that is so fundamental to human existence, became supplanted with the 'information' revolution, rampant violence, immorality, that brought down the pinnacle of idealism to nothing higher than sex, drugs, and soon included even murder.  The society became educated not to think, but to feel, and this not with the heart.  Today, humanity no longer feels the kind of deep compassion that causes corrective responses when people are slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands as they were recently in Africa.  To the contrary, we find some of the most respected leaders of the most respected nations, like a previous Canadian Prime Minister and a previous American President, heading up companies that line up in cues to support the murderers of millions with huge financial donations for future mining concessions.  And the public eagerly buys the shares of these companies.  The "Heart of Darkness" has, indeed, won a great victory.

Still, some people have survived the onslaught.  For many of them it became a soul searching up-hill battle in pursuit of the light that makes life meaningful, and truth that counts for something.  It is only natural that in this sphere a growing emphasis on scientific, moral, and spiritual development is being promoted, and has had some effect over the years, so much so, that the light of unfolding ideas and discovered principles have inspired humanity on some occasions on an amazingly large scale.  The organization of the American economist and statesman, Lyndon LaRouche, for instance, which amounts to nothing in the global context in terms of its size, yet has had a profound impact on global developments.  Their intervention with ideas based on fundamental principles have left a strong imprint on recent history as these ideas had altered the world in a broad and beneficial ways.  The Cold War, for example, was defeated on this basis.  Also, the bitter war that had ravished Yugoslavia, was defeated on this basis.  Even China's unprecedented economic prosperity that has unfolded in recent decades reflects in a fundamental sense the policy principles that have been tirelessly promoted by this group throughout the Chinese communities around the world.

Indeed, there is much light seen at the end of the tunnel in respect to the great and deadly problems that humanity is currently struggling with, which are presently causing the death of 100 million people per year.  One such grave problem is the world-financial and economic collapse towards total disintegration and a sudden regression into anarchy that many people will not be able to survive.  Here, anarchy means, a world without food as the supply infrastructures become dysfunctional.

Of course, it is also possible for humanity to preempt the systemic disintegration of the world-financial system, and put it through a safe and just bankruptcy reorganization by which civilization and society are protected.  The dying system, itself, cannot be protected.  It is founded on self-destructive assumptions and is therefore terminal in nature.  Its natural tendency is to disintegrate, and it will do so, no matter how much is sacrificed by humanity in an attempt to save it.

One can also see other signs of unfolding light on the horizon.  The effect can be seen in the growing union between the United States and China, as these two giant nations do not regard each other as feuding competitors or enemies (which is rare in this world) but see each other as facing a common challenge for survival.  There is even a new bright light unfolding in respect to human rights, especially in China, Egypt, and Iran.  While much still needs to be accomplished in this area in every country in the world, the growing focus on the most basic human right, the right of each individual human being to live and have opportunities to develop, is respected foremost in China, today, and in Egypt and Iran.  Enormous efforts are made by these nations in terms of gargantuan water development programs designed to bring agricultural production to hitherto unused wastelands.  China's Three Gorges Dam project will not only protect many millions of people from the age old dangers of massive flooding, but will become a feeder for irrigation on a massive scale, enabling new agriculture in its dry regions in the north.  This single project, all by itself, will enable agriculture in an area the size Germany, in order to meet the world's growing demand for food.  Nor is this the only project of this type that is pursued in China.  Similar projects are also unfolding in Egypt and in Iran.

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Stories about War from novels by Rolf A. F. Witzsche