Barbarism is the belief that the mores and virtues of your tribe or village are what all of humanity should embrace, and you are ready to take fire and sword to your neighbours or foreigners to make them agree.
Civilization is the acceptance that the world is full of barbarians and that one needs to fight selectively, if barbarically, to save civilized codes of conduct.
Decadence is the belief that there is no real distinction between civilization and barbarism, and if there is, it is hardly worth fighting for.
Definições de George Friedman
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