Nothing can be done to halt the decline of a civilization; it is an irreversible and inevitable process that occurs with every civilization. Concerned citizens must learn to live in a hell called heaven without losing hope. They must resist futile attempts such as trying to:

i.	Arrest the decline in the community by making changes, because the community will only accept changes for the worse.
ii.	Publicly promote the truth as this can only earn official denial and private persecution.
iii.	Control events by gaining a position of influence, for only the worst are promoted.

It is the duty of all citizens:

Before	the appearance of the forest of signs announcing the eruption of tyranny, to silently endure the increasing excesses of our senile community to avoid accelerating our demise.
After	the explosion of signs, to resist the tyranny: 1. Demanded by his society which is trying to rob and enslave him. 2. Inflicted by barbarians who are trying to rob and kill him. To escape poverty, slavery and sudden death, citizens should evade both these tyrannies the best way they can.

And for me there are two other tasks:

1.	To attempt to persuade citizens of their community's demise by spreading the word.
2.	To attempt to save the tangible fruits of civilization already in existence. That is: a. Books which have already survived one dark age by such authors as Livy, Plutarch, and Tacitus as well as those of our own civilization such as David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Edmund Burke. b. Great works of art.

Life is for living, and despite the ever-present growing shadow of decline, citizens should enjoy those fruits of civilization that are still available, rather than lament those that are lost. Always remember that, during decline, time makes everything worse; so it could be that our present will be regarded by the future as a golden age, when chaos, death and destruction were not commonplace.

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