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Smithsonian Magazine: The Shocking Savagery of America's Early History

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Interesting Times2/22/2013 9:19:47 pm PST

re: #65 Gus

It’s hard to judge people from centuries ago within the context of our current values. You look at the whole.

True, though even in ancient times, some societies were more violent than others. I’m not entirely sure why that was, though it seems to me that a completely peaceful, egalitarian society can only exist in a small, isolated, self-sustaining pocket.