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I think the whole civilized/uncivilized spectrum is just “who has bigger gun” contest.





The essence of civility is having the means, motive, and opportunity to delete someone/something from the calculus of life with violence, and choosing not to do so.

That is to say, anyone slaughtering one another have abandoned all pretense of civility.




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