#civilization in decline

[infinitysisters]

The Barbarian hopes — and that is the mark of him, that he can have his cake and eat it too. He will consume what civilization has slowly produced after generations of selection and effort, but he will not be at pains to replace such goods, nor indeed has he a comprehension of the virtue that has brought them into being.

Discipline seems to him irrational, on which account he is ever marvelling that civilization, should have offended him with priests and soldiers.... In a word, the Barbarian is discoverable everywhere in this, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞: that he can befog and destroy but that 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧; and of every Barbarian in the decline or peril of every civilization exactly that has been true.

We sit by and watch the barbarian. We tolerate him in the long stretches of peace, we are not afraid. We are tickled by his irreverence; his comic inversion of our old certitudes and our fixed creed refreshes us; we laugh. But as we laugh we are watched by large and awful faces from beyond, and on these faces there are no smiles.

— Hilaire Belloc (1912)

#hilaire belloc #barbarians #society #civilization in decline #civilization #1912 #discipline #how a society crumbles #history #we never learn #essays #great writers #easier to destroy than build and preserve #easier to destroy than create

[mysunfreckle]

I was rereading the correspondence included in Pride and Prejudice, and I'm always amused by the "Yours, etc." used at the end of several of the letters simply because it was too much work to write it out the sign off in full. But what really gets me is that Mr. Collins letter to Mr. Bennet at Lydia's elopement is the only one to end with:

"I am, dear sir," etc., etc.

Like Austen is physically tapping you on the shoulder, going: "look, I'm not going to write out any of these commonplace civilities, but I do need you to know that Mr. Collins uses much much more of them"

#pride and prejudice #jane austen #austen #sunfreckle's scribbles #there is one other double 'etc.' in the novel #to indicate that Bingley is Very Very Civil and profuse in regretting that he has to decline an invitation to dinner #and that he'd love to come at any other time #because apparantly there are no people so verbose as a bingley in love and a collins keeping up a correspondence

[teensnuffilm]

john doe of x performing we're desperate in the decline of western civilization (1981)

#x #the decline of western civilization #john doe #filmedit #moviegifs #movieedit

[angelbambisworld]

He was so fucking pretty in this documentary bro istg

Just the prettiest damn boy you ever seen in your life

#kiss #kiss band #kissblr #kiss army #gene simmons #pookie bear #rock and roll #celebrity crush #god i want him so bad #the decline of western civilization #80s rock #if i had a penis id stick it in his butt everyday #pretty boy #glam metal #heavy metal #80s music #80s

[myowndesertplaces]

Defending Ashton's choice and trying to make it rational, self-less, or heroic is a little like trying to argue Percy was completely in control and not at all consumed by vengeance in the Briarwood arc.

You're not supposed to agree with Ashton's choice anymore than you're supposed to agree with the hubris of Laerryn or Zerxus no matter how much you love those characters. Taliesin knew exactly what he was doing in that moment.

With that said, you are more than welcome to agree with Taliesin's choice. You can like how this decision fit perfectly with what Taliesin has been exploring with Ashton for 10 episodes. You can like the big risk/big reward mentality. You can like that this created conflict and drama. You can like how Taliesin is exploring Ashton's hypocrisy or the hypocrisy of the punk movement. You can like how Taliesin is deconstructing superheroes. You can love the terrible decision his character made for how terrible it was. But let's not try to pretend Ashton did anything sensible and trustworthy here.

#critical role #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #ashton greymoore #you can understand why they did it #but you're not supposed to agree with it #ashton is a hyprocrite #so you have to judge their actions over their words #we were one below average dice role from this being ashton's hamartia vs just a character flaw #if you're american you can watch the decline of western civilization part 3 on pluto for absolutely free #if you want to better understand ashton

[siliconesoul]

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)

#god i love this movie #the decline of western civilization #penelope spheeris #faster pussycat #poison #poison band #kiss #kiss band #alice cooper #ozzy osbourne #london #london band #lizzy borden #lizzy borden band #glam metal #1980s #80s #80s rock #80s movies

[junkyardromeo]

david black of SEDUCE in the decline of western civilization part ii: the metal years (1988)

#david black #seduce #the decline of western civilization part ii: the metal years #decline

[filippotenebra]

"The Decline Of Western Civilization"; Penelope Spheeris (1980).

#the decline of western civilization #penelope spheeris #black flag #the germs #catholic discipline

[asickandtirednobody]

An anthropologist (Dr. Margret Mead-article) said civilization started when the first human femur ( thigh bone) was broken and then healed. That means someone had to carry that person out of danger, feed them, bathe them, make a splint, care for them, protect them from the dangers of the outside world for months...

But now, most of humanity would shoot our brethren if it meant we would survive. Funny thing is, you'd shoot them in the leg, so the enemy (let's say a bear for ex.) will take your guilt away because it actually killed the victim. Even though the shooter is to blame 99% for their demise, since that person could have had a chance if they weren't incapacitated.

A great example is not giving money to a homeless person because "they'll just spend it on drugs." So honourable of you to ignore a fellow in need. But they are poor, therefore not your equal and must be on drugs. Not like the economy has anything to do with people being homeless. Can't buy a house, can't rent. What do you do?

We went from being civilized to unwrapping civilization and saying people are better than others.

The ultimate human design failure is human egoism. To be better than those who are different and want destruction of differences so the destructive sides beliefs are safe.

I am half Jewish, half aboriginal. My families on both sides have been oppressed, taken from their land, beaten, abused, forced into different cultural beliefs, Christians stealing people like my grandmother as a child and taking everything about her Cree culture away from here, including language. Same with Judaism for my mother's side.

And for the colonists, yes I think the land should go back to the indigenous populations, but then again, that will never happen.

How can you have a both colonial view and one of indigenous people? You don't, actually. You're just colonists. The type of people who savagely abused all of my ancestors.

Fuck colonists, fuck the "finders keepers attitude". You're also not better than anyone else.

We are all human.

#humanity #the first sign of civilization #humanitys egosim #humanity has declined #humans dont care about anyone but themselves anymore #jewish culture is oppsite all of these values #a neighbour should never go hungry #jewish #jewish aboriginal #humanity's downfall #civilization #anthropology mention #tw drug mention #tw homeless mention #rant about colonization #indigenous people matter its our land

[screencappopping]

the decline of western civilization (1981)

#black flag #the decline of western civilization

[lisamarie-vee]

#penelope spheeris #film #film poster #the decline of western civilization #1980s #punk rock #b&w

[schlock-luster-video]

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

#the decline of western civilization #penelope spheeris #punk #punk gifs #documentaries #rockumentary #tcm underground #tcm underground gifs #movie gifs #gifs #gifset

[eternal-echoes]

I don't particularly like arguing that Europe was at its best when it was called Christendom to get people to convert to Christianity because if God decides not to save the Western Civilization, it doesn't really negate the truth of Christianity. And if God calls people to martyrdom, they may not be able to give up their lives to Christ if they were led to Christianity hoping to preserve an earthly kingdom.

But in the coming weeks, I will be posting a lot of quotes and passages from Thomas E. Woods' How the Catholic Church Built the Western Civilization because I think it's important to understand the mindset of people in the middle ages as they built the western civilization so we can imitate them in trying to rebuild this civilization after the damages done by the Enlightenment.

And I see a lot of pagan white nationalists and alt-right Catholics wanting to defend the Western Civilization with the philosophy of non-Christian writers like Julius Evola, Savitri Devi, René Guénon, Alain de Benoist, Yukio Mishima (and others) but those writers weren't there in the beginning to build the foundation of Western Civilization. I'm not saying they're wrong about everything but the seeds of truth found in their false ideologies ultimately find their completeness in the Catholicism. And why only have one food from the select menu of a cafeteria if you can have the whole buffet? From Catholicism that is.

#Catholic #Christianity #western civilization #europe #decline of the west #nationalism #white nationalists #white nationalism #alt-right #thomas e. woods #reactionary #traditionalism

[tygerland]

Germs' Darby Crash, June 1977, Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, California

#the decline of western civilization #los angeles #street #punk rock #alternative #lgbtq #darby crash #grunge #pat smear #rock #style #fashion #punk #people #music #retro #queer #70s #the germs #musicians #what we do is secret #lorna doom #don bolles #germs #gi #sunset strip #hot mess #hollywood #👽

[cxldtyrant]

Arcosian Headcanon: Clothing

Due to their ability to adapt under any sort of climate, as well as the fact their genitals are sheathed and therefore not visible, the Arcosian people don't actually need to wear clothing. In fact, the concept of clothing was only just a recent discovery to Arcos via King Cold's influence once he married Queen Froza, as his various conquests brought the planet all kinds of trades and intrigued the nobility, and thereby impacting the masses who sought to emulate them.

Therefore, if you were to attend a gathering with the nobility at the palace, you would find everyone dressed in various foreign fashions. The more expensive and intricate the outfit is, the more the noble will brag about it. Especially if its a rarity, such as the fabrics or style came from a planet whose populace was just wiped out or naturally went extinct, now making it a one-of-a-kind. To the Arcosian nobles, accusations of cultural appropriation or fetishism be damned, foreign clothing shows status and luxury, and they will gladly partake in it.

Because of this cultural trend, the other castes will attempt to emulate the nobles by purchasing more common fabrics or stitching together their own outfits from materials of their home-world's flora and fauna. For the middle class, such as merchants and military, you can occasionally see them in clothing from trades or their army uniform to show off their status and wealth. But for the people in the lower caste (or those who are outright casteless) It is common to see them without clothing.

Of course, there are some who just outright refuse to partake in the trend out of rebellion. Whether because their xenophobia towards foreign species is that strong, a growing resentment towards the nobility for indulging in expensive goods and flaunting it at the other castes, or simple decency to not glorify the appropriation a subjected planet's culture, it all very much varies.

While Cooler himself is not above bringing new crafts and trades to Arcos, he doesn't particularly care to wear clothing and only does so when attending an important royal gathering at his father's request. He finds them particularly restricting, and with how the nobles use them, an utter waste of resources when it could be distributed across all of Arcos, and not just its upper castes. This makes him come across as something of an eccentric individual to the nobility, while the lower castes see him as a cultural rebel and look upon him much more favorably.

#[arcos; the cold kingdom] #[musings; hidden depths] #[Cooler is much more popular among the lower castes than he is with the upper] #[Whereas with Freeza he is popular among the upper castes while the lower castes fear and resent him] #[Cooler sees an increasing alienation of the middle and lower class] #[and is doing his best to stop it before a rebellion hits from within and plunges the planet in civil war] #[also the fact that the caste system is stupid and is what's causing the planet's slow decline] #[with the Arcosians choosing to leave their home-world or because of their rigid systems can only marry within the same caste] #[thereby causing inbreeding and declining birthrates] #[Cooler: we need to reshape the system and become more inclusive or it will spell the end of our people] #[Arcosian nobility: haha look at the funny hat I just spent a million dollars on] #[this is a post about clothing how did this turn into a post about the unfair caste system lol]

[activitesparanormales]

Mémoires du Futur / Terres Occidentales

Rise and fall of the Western Empire

david hauguel 2023

#original photographers #photographers on tumblr #digital photography #photography #interior #night #dark #future #futurology #futurism #landscape #advanced civilization #western civilization #western lands #terres occidentales #burroughs #hope #declinism #declining