With the following Western Civilization Declaration, our intention is to make a case for the foundations of our civilization still being an appropriate guide for the future of humanity.
While this declaration is a great idea, it needs to be refined. This Quote: "... identities based on group affiliations (racial, gender, religious, or otherwise) divide humankind and result in suppressing individual freedom and dignity." ignores the power of identities that confer freedom and dignity, like being an ancient Greek versus an Aztec, or a US citizen under a constitution vs. a North Korean under KJI. I knew plenty of Italians, Greeks, Jews, etc. that did not use ID to suppress freedom and dignity. Perhaps the phrase 'exclusive identities' might be a tweak. That said, a WCD declaration is a great idea.
"Civilization" is a failed concept, and the failure is both roundly proven and dismal.
"Civilization" entails, both historically and conceptually: a ruling class and subordinate classes (i.e., supremacism); "ownership" as seizure and deprivation (i.e., extortion); and universal obligation of underclasses to the ruling class and its dictates (i.e., slavery).
Not a single civilization that we know of has succeeded, NOT ONE -- and, by inference, none that we're unaware of, either, since any that succeeded would still exist, unless you count anarchistic societies like the Zapatistas or so-called "Zomia".
ALL of them failed.
So, even before considering feasibility, viability, and the like, why would we even WANT to continue pursuing a model that has demonstrated a 100% failure rate over thousands of years?
Every single dot of ink cast to create this declaration is of incalculable value!
When I was young, America had rule of law.
Now it doesn't.
While this declaration is a great idea, it needs to be refined. This Quote: "... identities based on group affiliations (racial, gender, religious, or otherwise) divide humankind and result in suppressing individual freedom and dignity." ignores the power of identities that confer freedom and dignity, like being an ancient Greek versus an Aztec, or a US citizen under a constitution vs. a North Korean under KJI. I knew plenty of Italians, Greeks, Jews, etc. that did not use ID to suppress freedom and dignity. Perhaps the phrase 'exclusive identities' might be a tweak. That said, a WCD declaration is a great idea.
"Civilization" is a failed concept, and the failure is both roundly proven and dismal.
"Civilization" entails, both historically and conceptually: a ruling class and subordinate classes (i.e., supremacism); "ownership" as seizure and deprivation (i.e., extortion); and universal obligation of underclasses to the ruling class and its dictates (i.e., slavery).
Not a single civilization that we know of has succeeded, NOT ONE -- and, by inference, none that we're unaware of, either, since any that succeeded would still exist, unless you count anarchistic societies like the Zapatistas or so-called "Zomia".
ALL of them failed.
So, even before considering feasibility, viability, and the like, why would we even WANT to continue pursuing a model that has demonstrated a 100% failure rate over thousands of years?
It seems quite mad and manic to me.