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Civilizat Ion
Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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last edited by BillSeitz on Sep 1, 2008 9:33 pm

What Civilization? In elementary school I was taught it was any social organization meeting 3 criteria:

Here's a list of 5 requirements, which seems poorly structured.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization

In college I enjoyed [Sigmund Freud]'s "Civilization and its Discontents" (excerpt )

No-one ever expects the !

As my "" usage implies, why does it matter how one defines civilization? It only matters when one generalizes. "Because A civilization,...", either "it's better than B which isn't" or "it alienates people", or whatever.

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