Is civilization a good idea?

           In the Heart of Darkness, the company states that they are there to civilize the area but in reality, their mission is to make profit by using the people to get resources. I think that Conrad is trying to say that civilization is really superficial. It actually less thriving than everyone perceives it to be. The idea of living in a civilized country is truly appealing but it’s actually less stable than what society think it is. Sometimes, a society is so civilized that uncivilized society seems better to live in. I think that our society in so complex and has so much pressure that a simple life is sometimes a better choice. Our daily lives are so busy that sometimes, we just need time to relax. Another negative aspect of civilized countries is that it promotes wanting more power. In civilized countries, it very easy to tell the rich from poor. As this distance increases, more people will want to become the other end and that meant gaining more power. As seen in Heart of Darkness, wanting more power lessens the moral within an individual. Examples include the crew going with Marlow, the company and even Marlow himself. Real life examples can be people that want to get a higher position but do it by manipulating other to get their goal. Or people that lie to others to get money.

            Overall, I don’t think that civilized countries promotes bad ideas, I just think that it advertises civilization too much. There’s no best of both worlds so a society has to have its good and bad side. A civilized country does have good things, like development in medicine that enable us to have a longer life or development in electric car that doesn’t require gas for it to run on. However, at the same time, it adds more complexity to life.