Russell A. Cardwell Online

Another example of the decline of civilization. People don’t know mythology anymore, or much of what once made a person culturally literate.

They don’t know the meaning of the phrase, “loosing the dogs of war.” Therefore they don’t know why the moons of Mars are named Phobos and Deimos. Therefore, they don’t know what Hunter S. Thompson was saying when he titled his books, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail.

So much of the richness and many-layered depth of life is lost when education declines. This was a language of symbols universal to western culture that crossed language barriers, spanned continents and millennia, and connected generation after generation to a thousand generations that went before. These ancient symbols contain the wisdom that millions lived and died to obtain, and communicate it in super-concentrated form. When we lose the wisdom of the past, we cannot see the truth of the present.

The rapid deterioration of our culture should surprise no one with what was once called an education. File this under the end of civilization.

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