You're picking specific "great" civilisations at the height of their culture AND only picking the best of their achievements over hundreds of years. It's a trebly unfair comparison.
Compare America against a random other civilisation in a random time period, and I think America would come out exceedingly well. America is the country of Salinger, Twain, Heller, and Vonnegut. I've read everything Vonnegut wrote, but only some of Homer, Virgil and Ovid. It might be sacrilege but I'm tempted to say Kurt Vonnegut is more important. Certainly today, and that's all any of us can judge by.
Imagine how much was opressed and outright burned back then-how could we even judge how many progresive thinkers there were AND how any idiots there were....and even though we don't outright burn books anymore for the most part, we still make it virtually impossible or plain completely unfavorable for publishing or making public an opinion these days. Think about it, we can get fired, fined, legally held responsible and so forth for our opinions...it's really sobering when you REALLY think about the consequences of speaking out in even the most "FREE SPEECH" nations. It NEVER goes without consequence. It never will...
I think American cluture sucks. Is it normal?
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You're picking specific "great" civilisations at the height of their culture AND only picking the best of their achievements over hundreds of years. It's a trebly unfair comparison.
Compare America against a random other civilisation in a random time period, and I think America would come out exceedingly well. America is the country of Salinger, Twain, Heller, and Vonnegut. I've read everything Vonnegut wrote, but only some of Homer, Virgil and Ovid. It might be sacrilege but I'm tempted to say Kurt Vonnegut is more important. Certainly today, and that's all any of us can judge by.
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Imagine how much was opressed and outright burned back then-how could we even judge how many progresive thinkers there were AND how any idiots there were....and even though we don't outright burn books anymore for the most part, we still make it virtually impossible or plain completely unfavorable for publishing or making public an opinion these days. Think about it, we can get fired, fined, legally held responsible and so forth for our opinions...it's really sobering when you REALLY think about the consequences of speaking out in even the most "FREE SPEECH" nations. It NEVER goes without consequence. It never will...
I love Kurt Vonnegut. :)
Slaughter-house 5 for the way... I've read most of his books except for galapagos... :(