Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

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If you want my wild guess on the next great world civilization, I say don't look East young man, nor West, but rather south to Africa.

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Elated by even a sad, empty outpost of civilization, I stopped at the creepy little market with unstocked shelves and a dentally deficient man at the register.

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That is a very odd observation from a man who prided himself on his knowledge of history, because, in fact, that is exactly what civilization did remind itself of after it collapsed.

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