"the dysfunction of the societies would suddenly grow as conspicuous as the sun"?

Well, "dysfunction of the societies" sounds negative, while "grow as conspicuous as the sun" positive. Is it proper to mix the negative and the positive together? Is it a form of oxymoron?

Context:

Perhaps the West will be able to facilitate a transformation of the
Muslim world by applying outside pressure. It will not be enough,
however, for the United States and a few European countries to take
a hard line while the rest of Europe and Asia sell advanced weaponry
and "dual-use" nuclear reactors to all comers. To achieve the necessary economic leverage, so that we stand a chance of waging this war
of ideas by peaceful means, the development of alternative energy
technologies should become the object of a new Manhattan Project.
There are, needless to say, sufficient economic and environmental
justifications for doing this, but there are political ones as well. If oil
were to become worthless, the dysfunction of the most prominent
Muslim societies would suddenly grow as conspicuous as the sun.
Muslims might then come to see the wisdom of moderating their
thinking on a wide variety of subjects. Otherwise, we will be obliged
to protect our interests in the world with force-continually. In this
case, it seems all but certain that our newspapers will begin to read
more and more like the book of Revelation.