It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.
In "Generation of Swine," Hunter S. Thompson explores the notion that civilization and its constructs are limited to the boundaries of society, metaphorically ending at the waterline. He suggests that once individuals move beyond this boundary, they are exposed to the primal realities of life, where the social structures that define civilization begin to dissolve. It suggests a harsh truth about the human condition: outside the realm of societal rules, we...
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