<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # This is the fantasy civilization cannot tolerate,... > This is the fantasy civilization cannot tolerate, because its entire self-portrait depends on describing humans by their noblest capacities and quietly filing everything else under aberration. {{We say _mother_ and picture nurture, _father_ and picture protection, _community_ and picture cooperation, _love_ and picture sacrifice, while the same species possesses murder, rape, torture, infanticide, domination, enslavement, coalitionary violence and industrial war.}} The species is not falsely accused because it also composes symphonies. {{The symphonies are true. So are the bodies.}} {{The same species that wrote the symphonies built the ovens, and built them with excellent engineering, on schedule, under budget.}} {{We are the only ape arrogant enough to use its finest moments as evidence that its worst moments are somehow inhuman.}} **Source:** [[books/Chimping Out|Chimping Out]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “This is the fantasy civilization cannot tolerate, because its entire self-portrait depends on describing humans by their noblest capacities and quietly filing everything else under aberration. We say mother and picture nurture, father and picture protection, community and picture cooperation, love and picture sacrifice, while the same species possesses murder, rape, torture, infanticide, domination, enslavement, coalitionary violence and industrial war. The species is not falsely accused because it also composes symphonies. The symphonies are true. So are the bodies. The same species that wrote the symphonies built the ovens, and built them with excellent engineering, on schedule, under budget. We are the only ape arrogant enough to use its finest moments as evidence that its worst moments are somehow inhuman.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-fantasy-civilization-cannot-moments-somehow-inhuman ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->