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is the consequence of fighting “principalities...in high places” without the correct dis- cernment. Perhaps, we should heed the advice of Christ when he said resist not evil. Now that we are more aware of the reasons for our collective anomie and personal ennui, what kind of positive action can we take? What does an analysis of the dialec- tics tell us about ourselves and about good and evil? The first thing we realize is the incredible intelligence of the adversary. Over centu- ries, they have amassed immense knowledge of us. We have to do more than pay lip service to the truth. We have permitted conditions to get into the sorry state that pervades and are utterly responsible for the mess in which we currently reside. One of the main reasons why we have been so recalcitrant and art- less is that we, as members of the underclass, have unconsciously misapplied and even abused a great gift that we are all a recipient of, namely, education. We, only rather recently, have been extended the “privilege of education” by our imperious masters. It is a privilege that our pre-Industrial forefathers were certainly not permitted to enjoy. The main reason why the underclass was extended the privilege of education was to prevent their uprising in the miasma of the postwar era. After the first world war, there was great social unrest among the people and the youth in particular. This was felt in the upper echelons. Millions were dead and millions had suffered. Cities were devas- tated and economies were shattered. The future was uncertain and the vision of the past had changed forever. The comrade-less hero returned to find that little had changed when it came to daily existence. (See or read, To Serve Them All My Days, Oh! What a Lovely War, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Cinder Path, and the poem, The Motorbike, by Ted Hughes). 136 Epilogue: Time to Change the Road You’re On A web is not made from one thread. (Frank Herbert) You cannot manipulate a marionette with just one string. (Ibid) The next thing we can glean is perfectly enunciated by Frank Herbert who wrote: Merely choosing the good, does not make one good... Meet the new boss...same as the old boss. (Pete Townsend) Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation