The Thin Veneer of Civilization.
“Civilization (which is part of the circle of his imaginings) has spread a veneer over the surface of the softshelled animal known as man. It is a very thin veneer; but so wonderfully is man constituted that he squirms on his bit of achievement and believes he is garbed in armor-plate.
Yet man to-day is the same man that drank from his enemy’s skull in the dark German forests, that sacked cities, and stole his women from neighboring clans like any howling aborigine. The flesh-and-blood body of man has not changed in the last several thousand years. Nor has his mind changed. There is no faculty of the mind of man to-day that did not exist in the minds of the men of long ago.”
Thanks for the ping to ETL’s excellent post. It is my firm belief that the ONLY thing which can turn the tide of drug addiction and the degredation of society it brings is strong family foundations in a society. Are we in Amerika past the stage where we could go back to such a thing? With the controlling political aprty so hell-bent on making government, federal oligarchy, the nanny to US all, I’d say we are past the stage where we may be saved from the slow rot.