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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized.

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.

The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny.

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology.

There is a central flaw in contemporary culture and a corresponding and related inability to address it. Society seems somehow unable to adequately help or protect itself. Normal citizens feel powerless, isolated and disturbed.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.