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September 7, 2011
The cause of civilizational decline is dirt-simple: lack of contact with objective reality.
Every great civilization reaches a point of prosperity where it is possible to live your entire life as a pacifist without any serious consequences.Many civilizations have come to the state of devolution represented by modern Berkeley folkways, from wife-swapping to vegetarianism. These ideas don’t come from a hardscrabble existence in contact with nature’s elemental forces; they are the inevitable consequence of being an effete urban twit removed from meaningful contact with reality. The over-civilized will try to portray their decadence as something “highly evolved” and worthy of emulation because it can only exist in the hothouse of highly civilized urban centers, much like influenza epidemics. -- Never Trust Anyone Who Hasn’t Been Punched in the Face - Taki's Magazine
Posted by Vanderleun at September 7, 2011 11:05 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
I have long argued that we are paying the wages of success. We are all the children of Hollywood stars, on a wild spree of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, none of us having earned it, and none of us paying the piper.
But we will be Winehoused...
Posted by: Uncle Jefe at September 8, 2011 9:06 AM