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your favorite human society/culture?
    #18741069 - 08/22/13 07:04 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

What is it?

I'll start although I make no claims to the authenticity of my choice. 


http://www.dr-dream.com/Senoi.html


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Icelander]
    #18741098 - 08/22/13 07:23 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

That was a fascinating read.
I have read similar things about primitive villages and their gifting systems, wherein nobody owns anything permanently, all possessions are cycled through the village every few days.
And so they live in peace.

My favorite, although I have done little research, would be the Native Americans, or the pre-Spanish invasion Aztec/Mexican civilizations.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Tmethyl]
    #18741113 - 08/22/13 07:30 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

What did you like about them?


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Icelander]
    #18741120 - 08/22/13 07:35 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Icelander said:
What is it?

I'll start although I make no claims to the authenticity of my choice. 


http://www.dr-dream.com/Senoi.html




Western civilisation. Drugs and more information than anyone could ever hope to learn at the click of a button. :awepreciation:

Not to mention clean water, reliable shelter, reliable-ish health, good food, a job for almost everyone in a field they enjoy if they play their cards right, hobbies and things to do and all sorts of stuff...we've got it pretty damn good imo, comparing us now to history 50, 100, 1000 etc years ago.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Icelander]
    #18741123 - 08/22/13 07:35 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

Will you write a summary of what you liked and disliked about it?


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: liquidlounge]
    #18741145 - 08/22/13 07:46 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

sense of tight community, no or little internal strife, focus on lucid dreaming, seemingly healthy psychological/social development.  Subdued enemies without much warfare.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Icelander]
    #18741161 - 08/22/13 07:58 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Icelander said:
What is it?

I'll start although I make no claims to the authenticity of my choice. 


http://www.dr-dream.com/Senoi.html



Very interesting read, thanks for sharing.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Icelander]
    #18741197 - 08/22/13 08:22 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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What did you like about them?



Most intriguing for me is their focus on Earth and spirit and the Aztecs extraordinarily complex knowledge of astronomy and chronological feats beyond their time.
But both the natives and Aztecs/Mayans were always at war, and Aztecs performed sacrifices. They too, were as lost as we are now it seems.
There is no perfect civilization I guess.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Tmethyl]
    #18741211 - 08/22/13 08:26 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

I loved much of american indian culture and practice. However there was some serious downsides imo. A very rigid culture in many ways with a huge macho male bent.  Losing "face" was feared worse than death and proving bravery was paramount.  Not in all tribes however but the vast majority.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Icelander]
    #18741240 - 08/22/13 08:39 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

Now that I think more deeply into this the more I find myself relating more with all the sword-wielding nomadic civilizations.
Something about always being on the move and seeing new things is very appealing to me. Plus I carry a machete and hike for 30 miles so I am basically a sword-wielding nomad. :awesomenod:


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Tmethyl]
    #18741249 - 08/22/13 08:44 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

Many American Indians would go on a walkabout and cover large distances.  But for overseas travel you're right about that.

My choice is based on the fact that they seemed, unlike most humans to have found a way of dealing with the massive agression and psychological dysfunction problems much of our species have. Plus I like hunter gatherer cultures.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Icelander]
    #18741271 - 08/22/13 08:52 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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Icelander said:
What is it?

I'll start although I make no claims to the authenticity of my choice. 


http://www.dr-dream.com/Senoi.html




That's pretty amazing!
I would have to say that the culture I've always been inspired by was the japanese. I've always felt that their never ending quest for perfectionism to be inspiring. From being a swordsman to being a carpenter; it seems that the goal is always to better oneself through the art.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Icelander]
    #18741280 - 08/22/13 08:57 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

Great read, ice.
And a fantastic way they have of acceptance.
That's the main debilitator on our present day shit.
Everyone tries for the same cookie cut; American perfect.
Rarely able to accept themselves, for themselves, and in turn others for themselves.
I like this a lot.
Mine would have to be Bedouin/gypsy socio-structure.
I think all cultures who realize that everything besides food is bullshit, and then begin looking at the stars are rad, too.

Cheers


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Icelander]
    #18741603 - 08/22/13 10:11 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

So glad I read this :thumbup: I love how they transmute anxiety & other negative emotions/experiences into something positive and productive. I agree that self-reflection is the best way to do that, and dreaming is a wonderful opportunity to self-reflect. I also appreciated how they recognized negative entities and their ability to don masks.

I'm not really sure that I have a "favorite"... I don't know much about different cultures, embarassingly. When I was little, I thought ancient Egyptian culture was fascinating, but as an adult, I don't like the idea of having slaves. I'm also partial to Renaissance culture, where the flourishing of art and pleasure took place. (I like ancient Greece/Rome for the same reason). I guess they had a feudal system, though, and I don't like that either.

I like how the Inuits are all about sharing everything. And I really like the gods/structure of ancient Norse religion. I enjoy the access to information that being a modern American provides me.

IDK, I'm just rambling. :lol:


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Penelope_Tree]
    #18741656 - 08/22/13 10:25 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

White people. The reasons are self evident. We're winners. We win.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: crumblebum]
    #18741687 - 08/22/13 10:34 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

Even if "white" was a culture, the influence is temporary. How long has it been, 500 years? Not much really.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: woaronun]
    #18741717 - 08/22/13 10:41 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

Rome was pretty white, and provides the basis for most white culture, so that stretches it out some. Still, it's been a good 500 years. We made cars, planes, and the internet.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: crumblebum]
    #18741901 - 08/22/13 11:27 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

The internet. :yesnod:


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: Penelope_Tree]
    #18741950 - 08/22/13 11:39 AM (10 years, 6 months ago)

And science. Knowledge is power. France is bacon.


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Re: your favorite human society/culture? [Re: crumblebum]
    #18742222 - 08/22/13 12:37 PM (10 years, 6 months ago)

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And science. Knowledge is power. France is bacon.




:heytheresexy: Mmmmm Bacon....


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