What is literature

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When a civilization decides to commit suicide it does so without knowing that it is doing so. A civilizational suicide is committed by numerous policy errors of omission and commission over a long period of time by its policy makers or political leaders. These bureaucrats and leaders rarely recognize their mistakes or learn from their previous mistakes. Such mistakes happen over time, ever so progressively, that they remain unrecognizable by most people. They rarely speak against such policies, afraid to be seen as politically incorrect. But those with foresight, able to visualize the possible effects of current policies, are often ignored or ridiculed when they express possible looming dangers, as fear-mongers and xenophobists. Over decades however changes brought about such mistakes become clear but impossible to correct. Such is the fate of western civilization. It is committing suicide as a result of its ill-gotten policies of human rights and multiculturalism.

Western civilization, based on Judaeo-Christian values, values emanating from Judaeo-Christian beliefs, giving rise to Eurocentric view of life and the world, superiority of Christianity over other faiths, superiority of (West) European 'race', people, culture over others, giving rise to the rule of law, downgrading divine right of king, development of democratic institutions, rise of industrialization, technological and scientific advancements, modernization, growth of Weberian Protestant ethics; rationalism of inquiry and scientific thought to replace belief in faith; infatuation with individualism, personal liberty, and human rights replacing community and national welfare; downplaying, and even downgrading, one's own culture in favour of others; promoting multiculturalism for the benefit of those who despise multiculturalism in their own jurisdictions; doubting one's own values, growing self-doubt, seeking forgiveness for past mistakes (oh, father! forgive me for my sins for I have been ever so sinful ... mea culpa); grieving and apologizing for ancestral deeds; granting...