Re: The Ignoble Savage
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Re: The Ignoble Savage         

Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: kevirwin
Date: Sep 4, 2008 22:40

On Sep 5, 1:30 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
> "Man isn't a noble savage, he's an ignoble savage. He is irrational,
> brutal, weak, silly, unable to be objective about anything where his
> wn interests are involved - that about sums it up. I'm interested in
> the brutal and violent nature of man because it's a true picture of
> him. And any attempt to create social institutions on a false view of
> the nature of man is probably doomed to failure." - Stanley Kubrick
>
> This is such a great quote.
>
> Let us remember that:
> "**ANY** attempt to create social institutions on a false view of the
> nature of man is probably doomed to failure."
>
> And that includes other nations...
>
> And that we should be:
> "interested in the brutal and violent nature of man because it's a
> true picture of him."
>
> dot dot dot

The only social institution that comes to mind, that was created with
man’s true nature is:
the prison system.

Did I miss something???

K e v
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