lol, how nice to see the word 'compose' referring to culture, even if it is a compost-like analogy!

culture as compost, and/or composition...i loiks it!

someone whose culture i respect said once to me :

europeans' culture comes from north of the alps, it's civilisation from the south..

could be pithy-sounding bullshit, but it stuck in my head...

discuss...

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