• BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world
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      Civilization (noun):The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.

      The definition Oxford Languages uses is:

      “they equated the railroad with progress and civilization”

      I hate to say it, but Trump used the correct definition of civilization in regards to his destruction of civilian infrastructure. It doesn’t imply genocide.

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        That’s not the meaning of civilization he’s using.

        The Oxford Learners Dictionary you used also defines one of the meanings as

        a society, its culture and its way of life during a particular period of time or in a particular part of the world

        That’s the definition he’s using, and it’s definitely genocide.

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          Lol thank you for teaching that other commenter about how words can have multiple meanings.

          Also, if you’re bickering about the definition of ‘civilization’ when you’re talking about what constitutes genocide, you’re probably committing genocide.

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        Infrastructure can’t “die”. He’s taking about people, their culture, and everything that makes them who they are. He’s not talking about bridges.

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        I had the same “well technically” thought at first but destroying that much infrastructure will result in some immediate deaths and mass casualties later. So maybe not technically genocide but in reality it’s close.

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          I’m not sure what my argument is exactly; I looked up the definition of civilization because I was bored and was shocked when Trump’s statement made literal sense.

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            That’s because anything coherent from him wasn’t written by him.

            You’d think they’d do a better job managing him like they did with Reagan