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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jun 11, 2022 8:00:23 GMT
That's a very interesting point about the writing and would certainly fit with most of Europe being enveloped in the Dark Ages in the second half of the first millennium, so called due to the lack of written material. I could counter and say that civilisation comes about when people behave in a civilised manner, and collaborative work such as ship building and iron working is definitely behaving in a civilised manner. In other words, trade could be seen as the starting point of civilisation, as it requires an understanding of utility, peaceful interaction and agreement. That's fair. It was the men in the long beards who decided what is civilized and what is not. NTs definitely had a complex culture with a specific mythology, and elaborate art style. But the Christian missionary period wiped a lot of that out. True, civilisation according to us.A rogue sentence has appeared in my section in your reply! "So .... pattern."
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Post by yggdrasil on Jun 11, 2022 11:04:24 GMT
Not unless you can qualify as Native American tribal member. You like me, are a citizen of the United States of America, or an American. Since you were born in the US, you are “native” rather than “naturalized.” Your culture comes largely from your upbringing, and there is no magic dirt that changed my mother or father's family life upon moving to this country. Why not accept and enjoy your own country and culture rather than desperately wanting to be "white European". Trust me, it ain't all that.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jun 11, 2022 12:20:17 GMT
Your culture comes largely from your upbringing, and there is no magic dirt that changed my mother or father's family life upon moving to this country. Why not accept and enjoy your own country and culture rather than desperately wanting to be "white European". Trust me, it ain't all that. Self-hating derangement syndrome!!! What's better?
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Post by yggdrasil on Jun 11, 2022 14:42:19 GMT
Why not accept and enjoy your own country and culture rather than desperately wanting to be "white European". Trust me, it ain't all that. Self-hating derangement syndrome!!! What's better? Not much , suppose it makes sense that Americans would envy us.
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