The Failure of the Old World [c. 1992]

What we witnessed was not the failure of communism but the failure of secularism.
What we are witnessing now, what we are witnessing now is not the failure of capitalism.
What we are witnessing now is not the failure of capitalism, to clothe, feed, house and employ the poor.
What we are witnessing now is not the failure of capitalism but the failure of secularism.

What we are witnessing is not the failure of liberal humanism, we are witnessing the failure of secularised christianity.
What we see now is not the failure of the state but the failure of the church.
What we are seeing now is the failure of the church in the state.

What we saw then was not the disintegration of the communist state.
What we are seeing now is not the disintegration of the capitalist state, but what we are seeing is the disintegration of the church in the state.
What we are seeing is not the disintegration of monetarism, nor is what we are seeing the disintegration of socialism, but what we are seeing is the disintegration of christian humanism: what we are witnessing is the disintegration of the christian humanist state.

What we are seeing is not the failure of government.
What we are seeing is not the failure of government, to clothe, house, feed and employ the poor.
What we are witnessing is not the failure of government but the disintegration of the christian state.
What we are seeing is the disintegration of the humanist state.
What we are witnessing is not the failure of government but the disintegration of law.
What we are seeing is the failure of law, to clothe, house, feed and employ the poor.

What we saw then was not a capitalist revolution.
What we saw then was not a capitalist revolution overthrowing communism.
What we saw then was not a capitalist revolution overthrowing communism but a spiritual revolution overthrowing secularism.
What we saw was a spiritual revolution overthrowing the secular state.

What we were witnessing then was not a second revolution.
What we were seeing was not a second revolution overthrowing secularism but the second revolution of the spirit.
What we were seeing was the triumph of the promise of the spiritual revolution to end secularism.
What we were seeing was the triumph of the promise of the 1960s.

What we are witnessing now, then, is not a second spiritual revolution.
What we are witnessing now is not the triumph of the promise of the 1960s.
What we are seeing is not the triumph of the revolutionary promise of the 1960s or the 1970s.
What we are seeing now is not the triumph of the promise of the 1980s.
What we see now is not the triumph of the state but the disintegration of the law.
What we see now is not the triumph of the state but the failure of the promise of the enlightenment.
What we are witnessing is not the end of the capitalist state but the beginning of the death-throes of the secularised state.

What we see is that we were witnessing not the triumph of monopoly capitalism but the failure of secular communism and what we were witnessing was not the secularising of christianity but the de-secularising of communism.

What we live through now is not the disintegration of christian morality but the failure of secularised christian morality.
What we live in now is a disintegrating christian state.
What we live through now is a state of disintegration.
What we live through now is the disintegration of the law and the failure of justice.

What we are living through now is a de-secularising of the state.
What we are living through now is not the triumphant return of christianity but what we are waiting for now is the fulfilment of the promise.
What we wait for is the fulfilment of the promise, to feed, clothe, house and employ the poor.
What we live in now is not the triumphant success of democracy but the resounding failure of secular justice.
What we witness is not the disintegration of the establishment but the end of foundations.
What we are living through now and what we are witnessing is not the end of democracy but the disintegration of law and the failure of justice.
What we see is not the end of democracy but the destruction of the foundations on which it rests.

What I am fighting for now is not the destruction of the establishment.
What I am fighting for now is not the destruction of the foundations on which it rests but what we were witnessing then: the desecration of both communist and capitalist states.
What I am promising now is a state of disintegration.
What I am promising now is the destruction of foundations.
What I am promising now is not the triumph of the spirit but the end of secular enlightenment.

What we are witnessing now is not the triumph of the new world but the failure of the old world.
What we are witnessing is not the triumph of the new world but the failure of the old world.
What we witness now is the failure of the old world.