Yeah a lot of cognitive dissonance going on. And reminded of a quote "The great lie is that it is civilization. It's not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet. That is not civilization. That's the great lie, is that it represents civilization. That's the great lie. Or if does represent civilization and it's truly what civilization is, then the great lie is that civilization is good for us." - John Trudell. Also a definition of "civilize" flies in the face of the wise ways of Indigenous Peoples, "to cause to develop out of a primitive state, especially: to bring to a technically advanced and rationally ordered stage of cultural development."
Yeah a lot of cognitive dissonance going on. And reminded of a quote "The great lie is that it is civilization. It's not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet. That is not civilization. That's the great lie, is that it represents civilization. That's the great lie. Or if does represent civilization and it's truly what civilization is, then the great lie is that civilization is good for us." - John Trudell. Also a definition of "civilize" flies in the face of the wise ways of Indigenous Peoples, "to cause to develop out of a primitive state, especially: to bring to a technically advanced and rationally ordered stage of cultural development."