uh oh “Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named . . . but a dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
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Replying to @eigenrobot
This seems hard to square with the Dawn to Decadence, Decline & Fall, Spenglerian, etc. theory that "vigorous" barbaroi chawbacons who spit into cuspidores and talk like sailors build vigorous cultures.
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Replying to @PereGrimmer
Barbarians have exquisite codes of politesse that are simply different than our own! Contrast with the deliberate violation of known codes.
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