When it comes to politics it seems I am surrounded by Utopian dreamers and wing nuts on both sides of me.
Leftists and so called center-left clowns have Utopian dreams of a world where the government controls everything and you will like it because they take care of you. Ushering in Socialist and even Communist dreams of economic-social equality.
Extreme or far rightists (assuming the more right equals less government) have a religion of Utopian Statelessness or near Statelessness based on their Cult/Utopian view on the removal of coercion from life. The opposite Extreme Utopian dreams of the leftists that want Omnipotent Government these folks see Total Freedom and Liberty as their theology/ethical model.
There are also Utopian social conservatives as well and I would tend to fall into being a social conservative myself. However, there are those that think we can or should have a perfect government that stops every vice known to man from existing in this world. Without any realization of how this would require the same Omnipotent State that extreme leftists would require and lead to a Total Government Police State of their own making.
Utopianism whether on the left or right is dangerous and not healthy. Especially for Christians whom have a great commission of saving people out of this World and not to recreate it from either wing of the political spectrum. However, even non Christians should watch out for ending up being part of a Utopian Political Cult of remaking the World in their preferred image. Whether it is the Extreme woke crowd on the left. Or the Theocratic wing of social conservatism and Anarchic-capitalism on the Extreme right wing.
Neither Total Government or Total liberty is a realistic nor stable form of civil society/order. You get chaos and destruction both when the State becomes Omnipotent/Total and when you have Anarchy/Total Freedom. The idea that Big Government or No Government are answers are both paths to the destruction of civil society; as neither Utopian ideal cares about consequences near or long term of their views becoming a reality.
It is fine to have a political ethic and view point. I sure do and it is definitely on the Right end of the spectrum. However, I realize the sorts of things I would like implemented or abolished are not realistically going to ever win the day in the year 2024 or any time soon. Nor is it alright for me to treat those views as my religion nor feel like the world is unfair because very few people would support my views. We are not due by God to have our politics be put into place.
That does not bother me because I do not live for my politics. I live to Glorify God and enjoy Him forever! We need to remember that The Lord is in charge ultimately and we are to pray for those in places of authority whether we agree with them or not. We might never get a mainstream social and fiscally conservative candidate again and that would ultimately be up to God. As these are the Last Days we are not guaranteed a utopia we are guaranteed in prophecy if anything just the opposite. The weapons of our Warfare are Spiritual/Prayer not governmental and physical.
