Civilization is when, after raiding your village and raping your daughters, the bandits tell you it was for your own good. "You'll thank me later."
Barbarism is when, after you kill a bandit for trying to rape your daughter, your neighbours don't turn on you and try to hand you over to the head bandit.
Social status is epistemically disqualifying.
Quality epistemology is socially disqualifying.
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