[ArrogantBustard]

If by civilization you mean the authoritarian ordering of the world,

No ... I to the whole gamut of human interpersonal relationships ... government is only a small part of that.

[spunkets]

Re: If by civilization you mean the authoritarian ordering of the world,

"No ... I to the whole gamut of human interpersonal relationships ... government is only a small part of that."

In a democratic order, that whole gamit is the order. The only way it's not is when the condition of freedom is instituted by law as the order.