Lou Lucarelli
November, 2020
Overview
This document covers a few topics which at first may seem unrelated, but underneath the surface are interconnected. At the heart of the topics lie two very public figures - Archbishop Vigano and Pope Francis. The things these two men have done and said (including the calling out and potential cover-up of sex abuse and financial corruption scandals) call into question their integrity and have ramifications with potentially far-reaching consequences. Archbishop Vigano has made seemingly outlandish claims regarding the Holy Father and the Cardinals who have elected him. He has asked Pope Francis and many other Vatican officials to step down from their offices because of their alleged indiscretions. Vigano has also been warning President Trump and the American people of a dangerous movement called the Great Reset that may “subdue humanity and destroy freedom”.
As is often the case, one can better discern by building truth upon truth. As an example, it is through the lens of the teachings of Jesus on the Real Presence (truth) that we better understand apostolic succession and the role of the Catholic priest (further truths). Truths are built upon truths to bring us to a more complete understanding. If we were to lose our faith in the first truth (Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist), our next logical step would be to question the role of priests. Because we have a fundamental truth in the Real Presence, we better understand what naturally flows from it (e.g, the role of priests).
Taken in the same context, the teachings and actions of the Holy Father also are built on his previous words and actions. If he is proved a man of integrity and deep faith, it is easier to understand his current and future teachings. If, however, we find along the way that there are untruths, then such untruths could call into question his words and actions thereafter. If the Pope has acted with an ulterior motive in one matter, it becomes reasonable to posit the existence of ulterior motives in other matters.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that the Pope needs to be perfect. “Infallibility” of the Pope is an often-misunderstood term. Papal Infallibility only applies when the Pope is discharging his role as a pastor and teacher (“in the chair of St. Peter”), and when speaking specifically on matters of faith and morals [1]. This does not mean that everything the Pope says is without err, and it certainly doesn’t make the Pope impeccable. Many Popes throughout history have committed horrible acts, including killing other Popes, fathering illegitimate children, bribing Cardinals for votes, and imprisoning those who stood in their way [2].
As the allegations of Archbishop Vigano against Pope Francis are so serious, it is our right (and one may argue, our obligation) to investigate, to understand as best we can, and to draw reasonable conclusions.
This document only scratches the surface of some very complicated issues. It cannot possibly render a verdict of guilt or innocence for either Vigano or Francis, as it would be impossible to speak definitively about the claims of Vigano. Instead, this document will attempt to represent the details at a high level as they appear in the public domain, and speak to the motives and credibility of Archbishop Vigano and Pope Francis, so that the reader may walk away more informed. Archbishop Vigano has released several open letters to Pope Francis, President Trump, and the American People. Here are some of his documents:
August, 2018: First letter to Pope Francis
September, 2018: Second letter to Pope Francis
June, 2020: First letter to President Trump (the Eternal Struggle between Good and Evil)
October, 2020: Second letter to President Trump (the Great Reset plot to subdue humanity and destroy freedom
November, 2020: Letter to the American people (we must pray now to defeat the enemy)
November, 2020: Second Letter to the American people (Reality is denied but Truth will Prevail)
Purpose
There are three key reasons for writing this document. The first is to bring clarity to the very public conflict between Pope Francis and Archbishop Vigano. Once on the sideline of this very public “he said, he said” drama, we now have more reason to understand the credibility of Vigano, as his most recent letters have been directed towards the American people. As Americans, we should discern if his warnings are to be heeded or discarded.
The second reason is to better understand the history behind the accusations that Vigano has made against Pope Francis, especially in light of the McCarrick case. This is especially timely as the Vatican is set to release a document talking about McCarrick, so having a background into the story and hearing “the other side” (the report the Vatican releases will not present Vigano’s position) will hopefully paint a more complete picture. As Christians, we should understand our church leaders and their successes and failures. We should not ignore the failings, lest we fail to learn the lessons.
Third, and most importantly, we should better understand some of the seemingly wild accusations regarding a world-wide Movement that is already afoot, which goes by the name of the Great Reset. As you will read, the Great Reset is a real thing, but the threat of the Great Reset is still a topic of debate. Whether the threat is immediately impending or not, it is at our own peril for us to ignore the possibility and implications of such a movement. And, it becomes even more important to understand as the Pope is already playing a very important role in this Movement (as you will read, and I hope to continue to investigate on your own). As humans, we all need to prepare ourselves. As we have seen in 2020 with the Covid-19 pandemic and the way societies (not just America but across the globe) have responded, the ground will shift underneath us, and it is imperative that we carefully and very intentionally choose our footing.
The Recent History of Archbishop Vigano
Archbishop Vigano was appointed the Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria in 1992 by Pope John Paul II. In 1998, he was assigned as the Secretariat of State for Pontifical Representations, making him the personal chief of both the Roman Curia and Vatican diplomats. By 2009, he became Secretary General of Vatican City. As Secretary General, he established accounting practices and accountability which turned a $10.5MM deficit to a surplus of $44MM in just one year. In 2010, Vigano urged the Vatican to break from the Euro currency, but the Vatican decided to stay with the Euro currency and the tighter banking regulations that come with it.
In 2011, letters written by Vigano to Pope Benedict complaining of Vatican finance corruption were leaked to the Italian press. In those letters, Vigano also complained of a campaign of defamation of character against him personally. Still in 2011, Pope Benedict appointed Vigano Nuncio to the United States, against his will. Vigano wrote a letter to Benedict urging the Pope not to transfer him because of the fact that he uncovered financial corruption. He wrote that Vatican City’s management was “disastrous”, and his move to the United States would discourage those who worked against “numerous situations of corruption and waste”[3] Despite his appeal, he was sent to the United States.
In 2012, while Archbishop Vigano was in the United States, the Vatican released a scathing statement against Vigano:
The abusive publication of the two letters from HE Mons. Carlo Maria Viganò, the first addressed to the Holy Father on March 27, 2011, the second to the Cardinal Secretary of State on May 8, is a cause of great sadness for the Governorate of the SCV . The assertions contained therein cannot fail to cause the impression that the Governorate of the Vatican City State, instead of being an instrument of responsible government, is an unreliable entity, at the mercy of dark forces. After careful examination of the contents of the two letters, the Presidency of the Governorate deems it its duty to publicly declare that these statements are the result of erroneous assessments, or are based on fears not supported by evidence, indeed openly contradicted by the main personalities invoked as witnesses. [4]
In 2015, Vigano set up a meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis, the Kentucky law clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Vigano insisted that the Pope was well aware of the meeting with Davis, but the Pope had told others after the meeting that he was “horrified”. [31]
In 2016, Vigano turned in his retirement as was his duty on his 75th birthday. Pope Francis accepted his resignation and replaced him as Nuncio, effectively ending his career.
In 2018, Vigano released an 11-page letter accusing several bishops of covering up the sexual abuse cases of Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, and claiming that Pope Francis was aware of the sanctions against McCarrick, but chose to appeal them.[5] The letter called on Francis and others to resign from duty. Many were drawn to the conclusion that Vigano had formed an alliance with conservatives in an effort to discredit the Pope and settle old scores. [6] When the letter first came out, the Pope refused to talk about it, saying,
I read the statement this morning, and I must tell you sincerely that, I must say this, to you [the reporter] and all those who are interested. Read the statement carefully and make your own judgment. I will not say a single word about this. I believe the statement speaks for itself. And you have the journalistic capacity to draw your own conclusions. It's an act of faith. When some time passes and you have drawn your conclusions, I may speak. But, I would like your professional maturity to do the work for you. It will be good for you. [7]
As you would expect, the reactions of those inside the Church were mixed. Many rejected Vigano’s claims outright, and he was mostly vilified by the liberal United States media. However, Cardinal DiNardo, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, released a statement asking for action from the Vatican:
The recent letter of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò brings particular focus and urgency to this examination. The questions raised deserve answers that are conclusive and based on evidence.Without those answers, innocent men may be tainted by false accusation and the guilty may be left to repeat sins of the past. [8]
The Vatican failed to respond. A month later, Vigano released a second letter to the Pope. In this letter, he provided additional details about the cover-up, and explained his motives, stating:
[I am] well aware of the enormous consequences that my testimony could have, because what I was about to reveal involved the successor of Peter himself, I nonetheless chose to speak in order to protect the Church, and I declare with a clear conscience before God that my testimony is true. [28]
In May, 2020, Vigano criticized restrictions from Covid-19 as a way of creating panic in the world’s populations with the intent to impose restrictions on freedom.
In June, 2020, Vigano wrote the first of two open letters to Donald Trump. This first letter described both the pandemic and the protests, “as a biblical struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness”. [9] Vigano urged President Trump to fight against the “deep state” and the mainstream media. In response to the letter, more people distanced themselves from Vigano’s asservations, which the Catholic News Agency described as “apocalyptic claims about a looming spiritual battle and a globalist conspiracy pursuing a one-world government." [10]
In October, 2020, Vigano wrote his second open letter to Donald Trump, in which he described the early stages of what he called the “Great Reset”. He claimed that the Great Reset would lead to world dictatorship and the death of liberty and promises of universal income. [11] In November, 2020, Vigano wrote a letter to the American people, urging them to pray in the face of “the most colossal election fraud in United States history. [12] He wrote a second letter to the American people after the election results became official and Biden was declared the winner. In this second letter, he claimed that reality was denied, but that truth would prevail. [31] Vigano has been in hiding since his first letters to Pope Francis.
Analyzing the Authenticity of Archbishop Vigano’s Claims
While the Pope himself has remained tight-lipped about the charges leveled against him, the Vatican has categorically denied all claims. Vigano’s pattern of leaking information to the press and airing what many would consider to be personal grievances could be seen as damaging to his credibility. Vigano presents as priggish and highly critical of the direction that Pope Francis is taking the Church. But, a self-righteous cleric with scores to settle may still be telling the truth, and truth is what we ultimately seek.
In the matters of financial corruption, Vigano appeared to be telling the truth. It seems likely that his leaks to the press regarding Vatican financial corruption led to Vigano’s exit from the Vatican, and dashed any aspirations he might have entertained to become a Cardinal. Yet, although the Vatican originally denied Vigano’s claims and defamed him, Pope Francis himself eventually conceded to the existence of financial corruption in the Vatican, several years later stating, “There is corruption, it's clear. With the interrogations we will see if they are guilty or not. It is an ugly thing, it's not nice for this to happen in the Vatican" [13]
In the matters with the meetings of Kim Davis, it appears likely that Vigano set up the Pope. The Pope has maintained a relatively liberal stand on gay marriage, and knowingly meeting with Kim Davis would have put him in a difficult situation. It appears that Vigano inserted Davis into a series of quick meetings, and the Pope didn’t know the significance of the meeting until after it was too late. Further, it seems that Vigano covered up the story by saying that the Pope never mentioned the incident in a private meeting back in Rome. By all accounts Francis was furious with Vigano, and wanted to, “fire that nuncio”. [31]
In the matters regarding McCarrick, it appears that Vigano is at least telling the truth in part, but this is a bit harder to discern. Benedict did put a restraint on McCarrick, but that restraint was largely ignored by McCarrick, who continued to travel the world (and even went back to Rome to celebrate Benedict’s birthday). However, even those who were close to McCarrick admit that his travel was subdued while Benedict was Pope, and that there was an uptick in his travel after Francis became pope.
When Vigano called out the Pope and others in their dealings with McCarrick, he asked Cardinal Marc Ouellet to substantiate his claims. Cardinal Ouellet substantiated his claims in part (in regards to the sanctions by Benedict), but referred to them as “conditions and restrictions” rather than “sanctions”. And, while Cardinal Ouellet characterized Vigano’s assertions as being blasphemous, far-fetched, and abhorrent, he unwittingly confirmed the substance of Vigano’s claims - specifically that the Vatican imposed restrictions on McCarrick proved not only the Vatican’s awareness of allegations against McCarrick, but their plausibility.
In his second letter to Pope Francis, Vigano urged others to come forward with what they knew. The previous nuncio to the United States admitted to having received a complaint about McCarrick. Cardinal Wuerl of Washington had stated he had never received any word about restrictions on McCarrick. However, in January, 2019, the Washington Post published a story calling Wuerl a liar and stating that, despite his past denials, the Cardinal was aware of allegations against McCarrick in 2004. [32] In February, 2019, a French author affirmed that an aide to Pope Francis told him that Vigano had indeed told Francis about the allegations against McCarrick, but that Francis had dismissed them because the allegations were about, “homosexual relations with over-age seminarians, which was not enough to condemn him”. [14] In sum, it appears that Vigano was telling the truth when he claimed that he had warned Pope Francis of McCarrick’s misconduct, and that McCarrick enjoyed greater freedoms under Francis than he did under Benedict.
Finally, in the case of the Great Reset, it appears that again Vigano is again telling the truth, or at least his interpretation of the truth. The Great Reset is very much real (https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/). It is a movement engineered by some of the world’s richest and most powerful people, under the banner of the World Economic Forum. The members of the WEF meet every year in Davos, Switzerland. In the last WEF summit, seventeen different banking and investment companies sent five-person delegates. Representatives from 93 different countries were also in attendance, with 53 participants listed as either head of state or head of government. Some of the attendees that have attended year after year include: New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, Bill Clinton, Bono, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Azerbaijan’s strongman president, Ilham Aliyev, and Eric Cantor (former majority leader in the US House of Representatives). [30]
The stated purpose of the Great Reset is to “ offer insights to help inform all those determining the future state of global relations, the direction of national economies, the priorities of societies, the nature of business models and the management of a global commons”. The catalyst for the proposed change has traditionally been the “existential threat” of Climate Change. However, since the Covid-19 pandemic, the architects of the Great Reset have latched onto the global healthcare crisis as the primary problem requiring their extreme intervention.
Critics of the Great Reset are very clear in their condemnation, calling it a “facist agenda” and “intense propaganda”. [33][34][35] Proposed by the global elite and abetted by left-leaning media outlets, the Great Reset has ambitious goals to change the world. As architects of the Great Reset have themselves stated in a tweet, “You’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy”. [15]
The Church’s Position on the Great Reset
Francis has not explicitly endorsed the tenets of the Great Reset, nor has he attended WEF meetings. However, his last two encyclicals suggest lock-step conformity with its agenda. In his encyclical Laudado Si, Pope Francis speaks that the earth,
now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. We have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will. The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air and in all forms of life. [16].
In his latest encyclical, Pope Francis focuses on other key elements of the Great Reset [17]:
In this regard, I would also note the need for a reform of “the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economic institutions and international finance, so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth.
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The right to private property can only be considered a secondary natural right, derived from the principle of the universal destination of created goods. This has concrete consequences that ought to be reflected in the workings of society. Yet it often happens that secondary rights displace primary and overriding rights, in practice making them irrelevant.
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The right to private property is always accompanied by the primary and prior principle of the subordination of all private property to the universal destination of the earth’s goods, and thus the right of all to their use.
In case the message seems veiled to the uninformed reader, the World Economic Forum - the collective mastermind of the Great Reset - believes that it understands Pope Francis’s intentions. It sees Pope Francis as a poster child to further their agenda. Here are the words from the World Economic Forum itself:
The story did not end the way it was meant to,” Pope Francis wrote recently, deftly excommunicating about a half-century’s worth of economic ideology. In a striking, 43,000-word-long encyclical published last Sunday, the pope put his stamp on efforts to shape what's been termed a Great Reset of the global economy in response to the devastation of COVID-19. The “story” he’s referring to is neoliberalism, a philosophy espousing austerity, privatization, deregulation, unbridled markets, and relatively weak labour laws. While it’s been faithfully told through innumerable economists and policy-makers since the 1970s, and put into practice in prominent ways, the pope believes this tale has now worn thin. He is not alone.[18**]
** if you are to open only one link in this entire document, I encourage you to open this one.
Once again, it would seem that Vigano is mostly on the mark. Even if the Pope doesn’t intend a radical reset, those who do are clearly empowered by the Pope and his message - and the Vatican has not sought to distance itself from the conclusions of the World Economic Forum.
Could a Great Reset Actually Happen?
Even with the most altruistic intentions, the process for carrying out a global reset is highly impractical. You cannot make momentous changes in power and authority across the globe without drastic and unintended consequences. This isn’t to say that some of the ideals, at least on face value, don’t have merit, and some parts partially align with Catholic teaching. The Catholic Church has always been a strong advocate for the poor, and has carried perhaps the heaviest load in the name of peace and justice to serve those who are underprivileged the world over for two millenium.
Further, there is truth in claims that our nation has disproportionate wealth compared to much of the rest of the world. One could argue that we do not do enough in fair trade practices nor in combating climate change [one could make the arguments, but that would be a subject of a different paper].
But the path to lasting and meaningful change is most certainly not to allow global elitists to redistribute wealth, strip the world’s citizens of their private property, limit personal freedoms, and restructure the world economy as they see fit. There is no RESET button. Countries and individuals will not willingly forfeit property, in theory or in practice, for the sake of global equity. Under normal circumstances, the imposition of property egalitarianism would require great coercion or actual force.
However, the Covid-19 pandemic has created a “new normal”, and the WEF global elitists have made it clear that the pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to usher in the changes that they have always desired. Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, even published a book entitled, “Covid-19: The Great Reset”. [19] Moreover, the pandemic has collectively conditioned us to be amenable to change. In the name of public safety, we have willingly closed business, bankrupted industries, restricted travel, and shut down churches. Dissenting opinions on how best to handle the virus, however medically sound, have been silenced by the mainstream media elite, removed from social media, and forced to the fringes of the ideological marketplace [20]. Neighbors turn in neighbors for not adhering to restrictions on personal liberties that would, not long ago, have been considered inviolable. The pandemic has almost certainly conditioned us for the “next big thing”, and that next big thing is likely Covid-21, a second wave of the pandemic.
With what we have seen in 2020, is it far-fetched to think that even greater personal liberties could be at risk, both in the United States as well as the world over? In his second letter to President Trump, Vigano warned of an “imposition of a health dictatorship aiming at the imposition of liberticidal measures, hidden behind tempting promises of ensuring a universal income and cancelling individual debt”:
The price of these concessions from the International Monetary Fund will be the renunciation of private property and adherence to a program of vaccination against Covid-19 and Covid-21 promoted by Bill Gates with the collaboration of the main pharmaceutical groups. Beyond the enormous economic interests that motivate the promoters of the Great Reset, the imposition of the vaccination will be accompanied by the requirement of a health passport and a digital ID, with the consequent contact tracing of the population of the entire world. Those who do not accept these measures will be confined in detention camps or placed under house arrest, and all their assets will be confiscated.
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Until a few months ago, it was easy to smear as “conspiracy theorists” those who denounced these terrible plans, which we now see being carried out down to the smallest detail. No one, up until last February, would ever have thought that, in all of our cities, citizens would be arrested simply for wanting to walk down the street, to breathe, to want to keep their business open, to want to go to church on Sunday. Yet now it is happening all over the world, even in picture-postcard Italy that many Americans consider to be a small enchanted country, with its ancient monuments, its churches, its charming cities, its characteristic villages. And while the politicians are barricaded inside their palaces promulgating decrees like Persian satraps, businesses are failing, shops are closing, and people are prevented from living, traveling, working, and praying. The disastrous psychological consequences of this operation are already being seen, beginning with the suicides of desperate entrepreneurs and of our children, segregated from friends and classmates, told to follow their classes while sitting at home alone in front of a computer. [21]
It may be tempting to dismiss the Archbishop off hand as a fear-monger; but taken at face value, many of his claims appear to be prescient. The CDC confirms that over a quarter of America’s young adults (ages 18-24) have “seriously considered suicide”, and that 75,000 more people could die from what are called “deaths of despair because of Covid-19”. [22][23] Fourty three percent of the 4.6 million small business in the United States have closed at least temporarily, primarily due to Covid-19. [24] One could form the following conclusion:
The Great Reset is not rhetoric. It is a real movement by some of the world's richest and most elite individuals [25]
Intentionally or unintentionally, Pope Francis appears to be a figure-head - or perhaps a major supporter - of the Great Reset. The words of his encyclicals are being used as kindling by the World Economic Forum to further fan the flames of its agenda. [18][26]
Personal vendettas and press leaks notwithstanding, Archbishop Vigano’s claims regarding the Vatican’s financial corruption and knowledge of McCarrick’s misconduct have been vindicated, which lends credibility to his “Great Reset” warnings.
Archbishop Vigano was greatly concerned that an election loss for President Trump would be a devastating blow to resisting the Reset. However, one can find solace that a President can only accomplish so much. President Obama had eight years to advance his signature legacy - and what he accomplished in socialized medicine (Obamacare) was a far cry from what he wanted to accomplish. Trump had four years and a supportive senate, and didn’t come anywhere close to completing a wall along the US - Mexico border. Our founding fathers were brilliant in their ability to design checks and balances that, despite 250 years of power-lusting politicians, have remained largely intact. The Green New Deal proposed by AOC - which aligns with the methodology of the Great Reset - would be political suicide for senators, and they well know.
With that said, there is a real risk of our nation being lulled into a further state of complacency. The pandemic has shown that our nation can collectively be moved, that we are prepared to give up certain personal liberties and economic freedoms in the name of the “greater good”. In my opinion, the danger lies in the inseparable alignment of a political party now coming into greater power, a biased press that can all but eliminate dissenting opinions, and the indoctrination of children through public schools and left-leaning universities. Without an independent and unbiased press, power can be wielded largely unchecked.
What Can We Do?
Each individual will draw his or her own conclusions, but I believe we should take seven actions to protect ourselves, our community, our faith, and our nation.
Pray. Pray for the World. Pray for the poor and the sick. Pray for our nation and its leaders. Pray for our families. Pray for discernment and clear understanding. Pray for our Church and our Pope. Pray that God’s will be done. Learn to trust in God. Teach your children to pray and trust in God.
Think for yourself. We cannot inherently trust the “news”, because our news is being controlled by fewer and fewer elite moguls. Presently, only six corporations control 90% of the media outlets in America - Comcast, Disney, CBS, Viacom, News Corporation, and AT&T. These corporations give the illusion of choice and objectivity, but the discerning viewer will realize that the illusion of choice is fabricated by the media elites. “We’ve been fed what the media oligarchs want us to eat. The same can be said of the big tech companies that own the social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. These tech overlords censor content that do not fit the elite agenda.” [27] It is more important than ever to think for yourself. Form your own opinions. Think ahead. Would it be ok if in the future you were told that you must always carry around a “vaccination ID card” that tracks where you go, when, and with whom you meet? If a vaccination ID card is seriously proposed, how will you respond?
Don’t be complacent. Don’t believe that the government is looking out for your best interests. You control your own destiny. Remember that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. [28] Power is a zero-sum game. The more power we collectively relinquish, the more power we give to social media, the press, or the government. Our government was established, “by the people, and for the people”, as Abraham Lincoln succinctly stated. Your role as a citizen doesn’t stop with your vote. Learn about what is going on, and share what you learn with others. Don’t sit idly by and let others determine your fate. The old adage, “think globally and act locally” is true when talking about saving the environment, and equally true when talking about saving our liberties.
Engage in civil discourse. Don’t be closed to the ideas of others. Our country was founded on the virtue of civil discourse [29], which is the engagement of conversation with the intent to enhance understanding. A democratic society cannot exist without civil discourse. It’s ok to have a different opinion than your neighbor. By engaging in a fruitful and calm discussion, all parties can learn and grow. If someone doesn’t agree with you, that does not make him or her stupid, uneducated, phobic, hateful, or racist. These are labels that the elite media would like us to use to distance ourselves from our neighbors. We’ve watched a two-party system drift to farther and farther extremes, and we’ve been asked to choose sides. The truth is that half the nation voted differently than you did. But, that does not change the fact that people who voted differently than you are still largely decent people doing the best that they can - just like you.
Be ready to exercise your rights. We have freedoms, rights, and protections in the Bill of Rights. We all know that we have the right to bear arms, the freedom of expression, speech, and religion. But the Tenth Amendment guarantees that powers not granted to the Federal Government in the Constitution belong to the states or to the people. You have a right to leave your house, to move about without identification, and to worship in a church regardless of a pandemic. You have a right to petition your elected officials and to hold them accountable for their actions. Know your rights and be prepared to exercise them.
Reconsider your reliance on social media. People erroneously believe that we give up our data in exchange for social media platforms, but this is not true. We actually give up ourselves. Socials such as Facebook are designed to change you. They are fine-tuned to feed you data that strengthens your confirmation bias. And the more you rely upon social platforms, the greater the algorithms become at manipulating you. Personally evaluate how much social media has changed you, and consider whether it is worth the cost.
Remain Positive. We know how the story of humanity ends. We know that God will be victorious over the forces of evil. Stay vigilant, remain positive, and keep a positive attitude, knowing that an All-Knowing God loves you unconditionally. Share positivism with others. Build lasting friendships founded on trust and respect.