In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically to "civil master". California Escapee and loving it.

There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled Nature". The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of "Nature" -but beavers and their dams are. But the contradictions go deeper than this prima-facie absurdity. In declaring his love for a beaver dam (erected by beavers for beavers' purposes) and his hatred for dams erected by man (for the purposes of men) the "Naturist" reveals his hatred for his own race - i.e., his own self hatred. In the case of "Naturists" such self hatred is understandable; they are such a sorry lot. But hatred is too strong an emotion to feel toward them; pity...