Far be it from me to assume, but I think what people might want is a sense of stability, as far as who we look to for certain things, and what's expected of everyone. I know that personally, I would like to see people working together to help us all survive and even thrive, whether it be here or in some other location.
It seems to be that there's a multitude of different ideas on how we should proceed, which has caused the factions you mentioned to form. The only thing that has become universally apparent is that so far, nobody wants to be the one we all look to for guidance, since that places any and all responsibility squarely on their shoulders whether we fail or succeed.