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I’m currently reading a Japanese text about political philosophy, but I can’t put my head around the term 二系列の交叉点. It comes up in the following sentence and is frequently used afterwards.
人類と社会の未来と俺の未来、普遍への自己犠牲的献身と私的環境の中での現在のエゴイズム、この二系列の交叉点に立ってどちらかの択一を強制されている。
All possible translations I came up with didn't quite fit. Can anyone help me out?
系列A：人類と社会の未来＝普遍への自己犠牲的献身。
系列B：俺の未来＝私的環境の中での現在のエゴイズム。
二系列の交叉点とは系列Aと系列Bの交叉点。
Now you are standing at the center of the crossing of two ways: A and B. You are forced to select one of the ways of living between A and B. To live for the contribution to others or to live for your selfish way is the question.
Here is my interpretation. So you have only 1 choice: the green or the red.
