{"id":1686,"date":"2014-10-26T06:13:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T11:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2014-10-25T14:46:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-25T19:46:14","slug":"poem-history-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/26\/poem-history-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: The History of Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>They lived in the period of civilization<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A properly punctuated death sentience<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>That no&#8217;s know end<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This poem is a reflection on the deathly aspects of so-called civilization, its facade of propriety, and penchant for denial.\u00a0 The members of most any civilization view their civilization as the pinnacle civilization, at least when compared to other competing civilizations &#8212; even to the point of war to prove their superiority.\u00a0 There is typically present an overwhelming hubris that their civilization will continue indefinitely, which is a serious misreading of actual history.\u00a0 Only through a selective lack of awareness, typically fostered by societal elites benefiting from the status quo, can such a myth be perpetuated to its inevitable demise.\u00a0 American exceptionalism is perhaps the perfect exemplar of such a self-serving ideal.\u00a0 What more dangerous ideology and destructive mythology is there than an entire nation built on the notion that it&#8217;s rules apply to others but can be &#8220;excepted&#8221; for oneself when convenient.\u00a0 The rule of law devolves simply into rule.\u00a0 Such an Achilles heel is especially tragic because Achilles is so strong, seemingly invincible.\u00a0 Still, as any such civilization has its period, so shall its sentence come to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They lived in the period of civilization A properly punctuated death sentience That no&#8217;s know end This poem is a reflection on the deathly aspects of so-called civilization, its facade of propriety, and penchant for denial.\u00a0 The members of most &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/26\/poem-history-civilization\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[563,483,385,363,108,633,559,404,473,157,658,94,491,490,600,406,113,203],"class_list":["post-1686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-america","tag-awareness","tag-death","tag-denial","tag-elite","tag-exceptionalism","tag-history","tag-hubris","tag-ideology","tag-law","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-present","tag-propriety","tag-rules","tag-status","tag-status-quo","tag-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: The History of Civilization | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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