PJ @pj@qoto.org

This was already tried numerous times throughout history. It is beyond me why would someone think civilization states may work in this day and age. “Civilised” or not, a state is as good or bad as the relationships it maintains with its own people and its neighbors.

#Culture is what every tribe and community developed to affirm its sense of #identity. Some cultures established #states with clear #borders that further nurtured their cultures (and) were led by “men of prowess”: chiefs or priests, princes or kings, even emperors.
#Civilization began with the idea that the “civilized” had to confront the “barbaric.” Men of vision set out to find meaning in life beyond their own borders. They ranged from prophets and teachers who inspired those with wealth and power to spread their message to everyone.

https://www.noemamag.com/modernizing-ancient-civilizations-for-todays-planetary-challenges

I've always considered #identity, much like #knowledge, an #individual's own, personal, tacit, unique attribute, evolved through a lifetime and representing the history of all social interactions they had with their environment.

I find the modern #identitytheory focus on the many #social "identities" (father, golfer, employee, etc ...) one has during the day, wrong.

In my view, these are just external #roles one assumes and plays in different #systems they are part of. They may define #what an individual is but not #who they are.

In fact, I believe that it is #who an individual is that affect #how they do #what they do in the role they are given.

I also consider the largely accepted academic #theory presented in the attached document as the direct cause of our present dysfunctional society marred by #identitypolitics.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314243231_The_Development_of_Identity_Theory

Terrific article about how the “Move fast and break things” philosophy inevitably leads to the rise of group #identity-based #totalitarian societies.
In fact, all #revolutions need a "cleanup" time to establish the "new order" and restore all the good things they have broken in the process.
https://www.noemamag.com/the-perils-of-smashing-the-past/