For they do not believe in what they (should) do

I have a dream, a vision, a utopia!

“Why, that’s self-evident,” some will say after hearing my dream, and I will answer them: “Yes and no, because that it may be self-evident—that is precisely the utopia.”

Let me explain!

I wish for a world in which the great and important institutions are led by people who truly believe in the original mission and the necessary continuation of these institutions.

I dream of a Germany in which politicians are also German at heart. Politicians who dedicate their strength to the welfare of the German people, who increase its benefit and avert harm from it. All that which today is labeled as “far-right” and “fascist.”

I dream of a Church in which the bishops are all Christian and Catholic, far enough removed from wokeness and heresy. (Matthew 18:6: “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”)

I dream of families in which the father is a father, the mother a mother, and the children simply children. Each with their responsibility. Beauty in order.

Yes, I dream of a world in which every bearer of responsibility believes in what he does. And furthermore, a world in which every individual understands the responsibility they carry in their role—and accepts their role wholeheartedly, with all their mind.

I dream of a society in which the individual also has the means and the possibilities to live up to his responsibility. What use is all awareness of responsibility if you have been stripped of the means to exercise it?

And therefore this

The Pope whose name the current Pope chose for himself wrote in 1891:

When a society is perishing, the wholesome advice to those who would restore it is to recall it to the principles from which it sprang. (Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, 27; via vatican.va)

Our society—the “Christian West”—is perishing. No, it is not merely perishing “before our eyes,” but around us, more precisely: with us, as part of this very society. And the reason is known: we let ourselves be led by people who do not believe in what they do. (And the fact that they do not believe in what they do is not a reason to forgive them; at least not until they repent.)

Yes, I dream that we restore “society.” Led by those in responsibility who believe in what they do—and who do the right thing! Followed by people who know and exercise their responsibility—and who are honored instead of slandered, strengthened instead of weakened.

Am I a dreamer?

Am I a realist?

Let’s put it this way: I dream of a new realism! And, yes, in fact, all this should be self-evident.

Call it utopian, call it dreaming, or be kind and call it visionary—I think it is sheer common sense to recognize: Society will arrive at the place to which our leaders guide us.

(And you will arrive at the place to which you let yourself be led. That, indeed, is your responsibility: Decide where you let yourself be led—and by whom!)