[pretendscholar]

Well I'm just quoting op and the incoherence of the first part as it relates to the second.

[pbhjpbhj]

They don't read as incoherent to me. Imperative doesn't mean "will happen" it means "must happen" (to achieve some end).

So the quoted comment to me says "it doesn't need to happen (not imperative) but it's what likely will happen (where it's going)". No internal inconsistency.