In all of human history, has there ever been a culture worth talking about? So, Ive been thinking about this a lot lately, and Ive come to the conclusion that no, we have not, ever had, a human culture, worth more than a cursory glance. How did I come to this conclusion? Well..Its quite simple actually. Do what the inbred monarch says, or die doesnt seem like much of a culture to me. We talk about French and British culture as if they are something that exist. France and Britain, literally fought a hundred years war. For 4 generations, their entire culture can be summed up by saying Oh, youre 12.. Heres a weapon then. Off you go. God save the queen. Thats not a culture. This led me to think about Mayans and the Incan civilization, and the native Americans. What culture did these people have that was so wonderful? They could do math but they used math to create magic which gave them cultural power. If you disagreed with them, you got your head chopped off. These arent cultures, theyre asylums. So who, if anyone, is willing to defend the past? Who wants to try and explain to me how their culture was different? I would like to suggest, that no culture on earth has ever really been worth discussing... Polite society... has only just begun, and pretending that there were codes of ethics that existed in human culture before recent events, is actually just an attempt to glorify the monkey. Its an attempt to pretend that human beings havent always been violent, incompetent animals. Personally I think we need to learn to embrace, and understand our sadistic past, and nature, if we are to overcome it. The illusion of culture, seems to work against that. Thoughts?
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:18:29 +0000
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