What's on my mind...

This is a thought, on page 198 of Ishmael, the very first sentence of part six says, “What exactly is culture?” This made me think as I was re-reading parts of the book. If a person takes a little time to think about what culture actually is, a person may think that culture is a persons heritage, and the history of their heritage. Culture is a person beliefs of where he/she came from. Culture is basically how a group of people live their lives based on what they believe is right and wrong, and base their actions on what they believe. According to what I just said, this means if a cannibalistic tribe believed that cannibalism was the best way to live their lives, then that tribe of people will live their merry lives until a stronger, bigger, better taker culture eliminates them from the face of the planet, or integrates some of the beliefs into the better taker culture to create a new system of living. Why would I mention a new system of living by intergrading parts of the older culture? I believe that anything is possible within certain limits of human life, because not all things can be accomplished by our imperfections as humans, and I believe that it is possible for parts of an older culture to be integrated into a new culture. Think about the culture of America. It has proved to the world that democracy is a somewhat successful way of leading a country. Many cultures have based their government system off of our own, created a new culture. The American culture may be still alive and living, but it is already almost 300 years old. Life is fast paced, so who knows if our government system will last much longer, partly because we live very materialistic lives, and use so many resources just for our little everyday needs. Why? It is because it is part of our American culture, because we believe that we can live as materialistic as we want. This is just what I was thinking right now, and now I cant focus… later.