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I think the whole civilized/uncivilized spectrum is just “who has bigger gun” contest.
by para_parolu 2y ago
I think the whole civilized/uncivilized spectrum is just “who has bigger gun” contest.
- salawat 2y agoThe essence of civility is having the means, motive, and opportunity to delete someone/something from the calculus of life with violence, and choosing not to do so. That is to say, anyone slaughtering one another have abandoned all pretense of civility.
- para_parolu 2y agoSure. But when every country occasionally slaughter other country civility becomes just a tag. Nice to have it but better have resources and guns