The more I think about it, the more the “for supporting people with a serious enough disability” doesn’t feel like “civilization” to me. It does feel good, and I like the use of an abundance of resources being spent that way, but it feels to me like “everyone relinquishes power so that it can be used in a coordinated way” is civilization and “the coordinated use of power is for good things rather than for bad things” is moral progress. Not sure if I’m just trying to fit things into the OP frame but it doesn’t feel like it.
It feels like American people are more civilized when they create a military, but nations are less civilized when they all have militaries which are doing things to each other?
The more I think about it, the more the “for supporting people with a serious enough disability” doesn’t feel like “civilization” to me. It does feel good, and I like the use of an abundance of resources being spent that way, but it feels to me like “everyone relinquishes power so that it can be used in a coordinated way” is civilization and “the coordinated use of power is for good things rather than for bad things” is moral progress. Not sure if I’m just trying to fit things into the OP frame but it doesn’t feel like it.
It feels like American people are more civilized when they create a military, but nations are less civilized when they all have militaries which are doing things to each other?