While Freud says civilization has its discontents, McCarthy's point is that the lack of civilization has far greater discontents—the state of nature is characterized by genocide, bloodshed, and suffering on a scale worse than civilization's problems.
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“freud may be onto something when he says that civilization has its discontents this is cormac mccarthy's way of saying that the lack of civilization has far greater discontents”
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