Nothing can be done to halt the decline of a civilisation; it is an irreversible and inevitable process that occurs with every civilisation. Concerned citizens must learn to live in a hell called heaven without losing hope. They must resist futile attempts such as trying to:

i.	Arrest the decline in the community by making changes, because the community will only accept changes for the worse.
ii.	Publicly promote the truth as this can only earn official denial and private persecution.
iii.	Control events by gaining a position of influence, for only the worst are promoted.

^{Only thing to do}
The only thing a sensible citizen can do to resist social decay is aim to retain the ability to think clearly, by trying to use plain English at all times.

^{Also duty demands}
It is also the duty of all citizens:

And for me there are two other tasks:

1.	To attempt to persuade citizens of their community's demise by spreading the word.
2.	To attempt to save the tangible fruits of civilisation already in existence. That is: a. Books which have already survived one dark age by such authors as Livy, Plutarch, and Tacitus as well as those of our own civilisation such as David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Edmund Burke. b. Great works of art.

Life is for living, and despite the ever-present growing shadow of decline, citizens should enjoy those fruits of civilisation that are still available, rather than lament those that are lost. Always remember that, during decline, time makes everything worse; so it could be that our present will be regarded by the future as a golden age, when chaos, death and destruction were not commonplace.