Why Deconstruction Must Always Include Forethought

When confronted with evil systems, people, and things, a noble and just response is to deconstruct the system, person, or thing - to tear it down. In biblical terms, we can call this repentance. In substance abuse terms, we can call this detox. In carpentry terms, we can call this demolition.

Now, while great unity and a righteous satisfaction can be found in the deconstruction of an evil system, person, and/or thing, we must also have the forethought for what happens 'after' the deconstruction. In other words, when something is deconstructed, such as a worldview, another worldview has to be constructed in its place. Culture, systems, societies, and people do not operate in a worldview or epistemic vacuum.

Indeed, the issue of what happens 'after' deconstruction is - perhaps - something just as important as the deconstruction itself. There is always another side to the coin; repentance needs faith, detox often needs rehab, and demolition needs construction.

To the point; while evil systems, persons, worldviews are evil and need to be deconstructed, it must be maintained that deconstruction 'without' giving proper thought to construction, can lead to something equally dangerous or more evil - as history has repeatedly shown us. We must always have the courage, forethought, wisdom, and follow-through to know what will be built in the place of the rubble we create (and who is building it), because the future is often tied 'not' to the one deconstructing evil but the one constructing new systems, persons, and things.

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