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LanternWaste

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5. Our collective cultures on earth fit well within the definition of "civilization".

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:43 PM

Oct 2015

Our collective cultures on earth fit well within the definition of "civilization" (complex society characterized by urban development, symbolic communication forms, and a perceived separation from and local/regional domination over the natural environment).

Seems a safe assumption... unless one needs to redefine words to better validate a bias.

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