which makes Justin's thesis

proposal highly relevant. He will be considering the ideas of "peace, harmony and goodwill" with specific reference to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. The South Africans I think must have developed some of these notions in the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. The soccer hooligans even as recently as the World Cup just could not contain themseves. Last week in the story of where has the liberalism of the small l liberals gone that they hate so much was another reminder that though there is "peace" there is certainly no "goodwill."
So is the breakdown of goodwill the first step towards the new dark age? When did the breakdown start? I assume it will be a cumulative phenomenon: goodwill might return for ten years to be replaced by a further cumulative twenty years of breakdown followed by another seven years of goodwill and so on. The periods might be longer and measurable in terms of centuries rather than decades but it is the pattern of history which Hegel recognised. This time the breakdown might be civilisational more broadly than cultural or societal.