Is human civilization a success or failure?

Well, typically people notice it far too late in life to adjust to it. Civilization for me is a thing that exists, it has a lot of nonsense in it, but I am too far into life and the system of civilization to escape. I personally wish that it were a success, and I hope that my view will change to view it as a success if I see change. I find half of civilization pure comedy in its insanity, and another quarter horrifying, and the final quarter being people like myself just getting by, living, and accepting that there exists in nature symbiosis of living things helping other living things, part of civilization is based on this, but much of it isn't. In spite of my pessimism I strive to be helpful to others and I work within the system.

I have written a story about what I am more concerned about, that is when some sort of methodical, organized political person becomes far more disillusioned and angry than I or others here could be on this matter, and becomes some kind of anarcho-naturalist revolutionary terrorist who wants to attempt to methodically destroy civilization, step by step - in a Marxian-like development of dissolution. They would fight with modern-day weapons in the beginning - justifying it as necessary to fight with such weapons at first to be able to compete and inflict significant damage on civilization, and would claim that later such technology would no longer be needed. It may seem like a joke, and I know that it would fail because human organization to achieve any political goal - no matter what it is - is often begun, and is always infiltrated by, narcissists. And a dangerous narcissist with violent behaviour when they gain the power and the autonomy they desire, they will massacre people, and develop their cause into a cult of fanatics. Such a fanatic movement would be like the old anarchists of the late 19th century - bombing places, killing world leaders, but probably not achieving much else but lost life and grief for those who would suffer because of their fanaticism - but if they truly believed in what they were doing they would be a dangerous menace.

When people come to the conclusion that something that they believed in or were indoctrinated to believe in is nonsense or fraud they have three options: repression (ignoring it), realizing it is comedy (acceptance that it exists, but thinking it is a stupid thing to live with), or opposition.(fighting it). Though the last option seems more courageous, it is the most dangerous - the experience of history reveals that we only consider people "courageous" if they achieved something intended and admirable result, they are considered "foolhardy" if the same behaviour produces an undesired pathetic result. Thus I prefer to view much of civilization as comedy.