And this is the negation of the Marxist philosophy of history which is premised on the idea of inevitable societal evolution - the inescapable result of "forces" (somehow Marxists consider this a "scientific" paradigm for viewing history)
Everyone should read Sapiens and The Lucifer Principle. I call it the “human nature starter pack.” Western civilization is *unnatural*, and for that reason, entropy will bring us to a more natural state - such as what we look back to in horror.https://twitter.com/DevconUI/status/1079561359891808256 …
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And that "arc of History bending..."
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I thought Sapiens sucked - and western civilisation tends towards alignment with human nature. Western civilisation is the rejection of our animal nature in favour of our human nature. But it takes a conscious effort to maintain - as is the nature of all things man-made.
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Just got Sapiens from my son for Christmas. I disagree with your premise that society is subject to gravitation to the mean, though— it’s pretty clear that advancement is central to our history and trajectory over the long term (though I agree that it isn’t linear).
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Vox Day Western Civilization 14 min movie on YouTube
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funny you should mention it, my parents gave me "Sapiens" for Christmas
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They praise the unnatural no doubt.
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This reminds me of Ted Kaczynski, whose methods I don’t agree with, but Industrial Society and it’s Future was brilliant, and arguably totally correct.
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Is bartering and subsistence farming in a Wild West-style society the bar for what's "natural"? Like the early settlers past the Frontier. Or would "natural" be something closer to a nomadic way of living with no agriculture and no semblance of society at all?
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There are too many people on the planet by a factor of ten.
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Also Robert Greene's books and "Human, All too Human."
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The strong will feed from the weak...it's not unnatural. It's inhumane..
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War and violence is the default state of humans.
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For western civilizations short comes , it is a heck a lot better than it has been. I’m not for giving up on it just yet. I don’t want a utopia, just the freedom to live as I see fit while balancing my freedom with yours.
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Civilization, ancient and wicked
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God lifts man beyond his nature. The destruction of JudeoChristian thought will return us to barbarism and women and children will suffer
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Thank you for saying what I wanted to say.
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