"Civilisation itself" is under attack.

“文明本身”遭到了攻击。

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But the concept of civilisation itself is not.

但是，文明的概念本身并不是。

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But the quintessential gold bug is an investor who expects every form of paper wealth to collapse, along with civilisation itself.

但是作为投资人——典型的黄金热徒们，他们只是希望任何形式的纸上财富全部崩溃，同时崩溃的还有文明本身。

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We can go further: the destruction of jobs through mechanisation is what allows civilisation itself to develop.

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Any nearby civilisation with similarly leaky transmitters would thus give itself away, even if it were not broadcasting deliberately into space.

ECONOMIST: Radio telescopes

The things that define for the Chinese who they are and what China is are a product not of the past 100 years of calling itself a nation-state but 2, 000 years of being a civilisation-state.

BBC: A Point Of View: Making sense of China