RobMar 16
Nowhere Girl
Too many men think "civilization" is the power to blow stuff up instead of the power to make a safe, clean, and bright world for everyone.
Mar 16 at 4:54pmWeb
Show threadNowhere GirlMar 16
"What did women ever do for civilization?" Except all the work?
Show threadtimberwraithMar 16
@gwynnion Sheesh, isn't that the truth?
Show threadFoolishOwlMar 16
@gwynnion It's sure funny how the "great civilizations" were built by conquering cities that were already there.
Show threadKalshannMar 16
@gwynnion
(and that bit at the end, 'for everyone' is the really fucking important part too!)
Show threadJackMexMar 16

@gwynnion

Fuck them.

(In a bad way, I mean)

Show threadFay 🏳️‍🌈Mar 16
@gwynnion they think living in a safe, clean, and bright world for everyone would make them losers because dominating everyone else is all that matters to them
Show threadGender David CopperfieldMar 16
@gwynnion i see it more as a system to enable feudalism/capitalism to extract wealth and work from the masses. everything else (nations, medicine, sanitation, etc) are just optimizations to get more wealth out of each human. i'm not a huge fan.
Show threadPieter de Bruin 🌍🌈☮️Mar 16
@gwynnion Too many Americans think "civilization" is the power to blow stuff up instead of the power to make a safe, clean, and bright world for everyone.
Show threadGary HoustonMar 16

@gwynnion in the context of "Western civilization," just linking to avoid repeating myself.

https://mamot.fr/@ghouston/113942997964776606

Show threadAmesMar 16
@gwynnion Exactly and precisely this.
Show threadlucaMar 16
@gwynnion It's a long and tragic tale. Still not with an end yet.
Show threadjohn.brown_typefaceMar 16
@gwynnion
there's never been anything called "civilization" that existed outside authority to extract/destroy/steal
Show threadOregon SlimMar 16

@gwynnion

That's why the most violent societies identify themselves as products of civilization, the others as 'cultures.'