My guess: Tusk is using abortion as a wedge issue to create an eruption of street-level conflict as seen in 2020 that will cow Poles who are less stalwart into letting a noisy minority have their way just to keep the peace, and gain the left political power in the process. Disgusting, cynical political maneuvers not unlike the behavior o…
My guess: Tusk is using abortion as a wedge issue to create an eruption of street-level conflict as seen in 2020 that will cow Poles who are less stalwart into letting a noisy minority have their way just to keep the peace, and gain the left political power in the process. Disgusting, cynical political maneuvers not unlike the behavior of the left in our own country. I really hate this stuff.
However, the bigger issue is the secularization bit. This saddens me terribly, but it is unsurprising. It's the same story all over the post-Western world. My only hope is that Catholics in Poland can learn lessons from where this process is more advanced to head off its worst consequences. They're going to have to accept unpalatable compromises and proactively reorganize the Church so that it can operate with proper independence and authenticity. Though I suspect Tusk is insincere in his "care" about the well-being of the Church, the Church would best be served by shoring up its institutions and making a clean break from the state instead of trying to maintain a status quo that will only alienate people who need to be evangelized. It's going to feel like defeat and retreat, but it's necessary to reposition for the sake of a stronger Church in the future.
My guess: Tusk is using abortion as a wedge issue to create an eruption of street-level conflict as seen in 2020 that will cow Poles who are less stalwart into letting a noisy minority have their way just to keep the peace, and gain the left political power in the process. Disgusting, cynical political maneuvers not unlike the behavior of the left in our own country. I really hate this stuff.
However, the bigger issue is the secularization bit. This saddens me terribly, but it is unsurprising. It's the same story all over the post-Western world. My only hope is that Catholics in Poland can learn lessons from where this process is more advanced to head off its worst consequences. They're going to have to accept unpalatable compromises and proactively reorganize the Church so that it can operate with proper independence and authenticity. Though I suspect Tusk is insincere in his "care" about the well-being of the Church, the Church would best be served by shoring up its institutions and making a clean break from the state instead of trying to maintain a status quo that will only alienate people who need to be evangelized. It's going to feel like defeat and retreat, but it's necessary to reposition for the sake of a stronger Church in the future.