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January 19, 2012

Civilization in Reverse

The average Californian, like the average Greek, forgot that civilization is fragile.
Its continuance requires respect for the law, tough-minded education, collective thrift, private investment, individual self-reliance, and common codes of behavior and civility — and exempts no one from those rules. Such knowledge and patterns of civilized behavior, slowly accrued over centuries, can be lost in a single generation. --- Victor Davis Hanson

Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 19, 2012 10:04 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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He didn't forget that civilization was fragile, he never learned what he didn't earn.

Posted by: james wilson at January 19, 2012 1:49 PM

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