THE GOAL OF CIVILIZATION IS TO END DESPERATION

VOICES 2023; Maintenant 18, 2024

The goal of civilization is to end desperation. We need each other for that. Not for the reasons that we think we do, but merely because we do. The need to be in the forefront of nothing in particular, without worry, completes most societies. It makes for closeness.

Once upon a time is the stuff of fairy tales, opiates and hypnotism. There’s more truth to be had in bad decisions, or a big eye opening up, showing you you. Anything as neat and tidy as once upon a time has reasons for forgetting where you want your ashes sprinkled.