In a civilization that has recently seen unprecedented change in social dynamics, where individualism(s) have become more widespread than ever before, will the above idiom be its undoing?
Spengler seemed to think so.
Subjugation has played a historic role in the development of civilization. So much so that the "master/slave" relationship is ingrained in our very nature.
Buckminster Fuller suggested that the advancement of technology would give way to decline in the need for human subjugation, and lead to a utopian state, if we don't blow ourselves up first.
But is it too much, too soon? Has our technology surpassed our humanity? Can our hunter-gatherer instinct cope with an existence where struggle is not commonplace?
Will we successfully destroy ourselves with technology before it is able to be the catalyst toward the next evolutionary step?
What are your thoughts?