The Legendary Dragon Alephwyr, named Alephwyr, BA

yes?

Then good news: the second highest tower will become the new highest tower and life will go on.

wont be quite as tall tho. sure, life will always go on, but thats doesnt mean we have to embrace every potential change unconditionally

When the Soviet Union and its client states outlived the crumbling artifice of communism, people like Vaclav Havel wrote about the opportunities for authenticity it created, to no longer have such an all-encompassing system absorbing every ounce of every life. Why not read them?

im mega-intoxicated and have no idea what this means

What if instead of a single tall tower there were a variety of different buildings of people's own design? Sure, it's not as impressive, but it's probably more livable. Probably equally true whether the tower is called "Communism" or "Capitalism"

i appreciate this in the abstract, but still struggle with the idea that civilization should/needs to fall to create this

There are two different major competing definitions of civilization: 1. The most impressive products of human interaction, regardless of what type of interaction was entailed (violence, coercion etc) 2. The domain of human interaction which doesn't include violence, coercion etc