I like Gandhi's quip, about how civilization might be a good idea.

I think he was asked about Western Civilization. But it is still a good quip.


Is it defined by a large population, diet, architecture, trade, writing? or something else?

Language? But the point I would have made. Like defining Culture, Folk, and Russian interference in Political Elections. We know it exists, at its core, but the outline is fuzzy enough to be unsure how far we can stretch** the definitions.

** excepting with Russia, no stretch is probably far enough.