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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Up until that quite recently, the default state of humanity in every corner of the planet was the powerful invading and enslaving the weak in endless waves of predatory brutality. The historical evidence is pretty clear on this, right back to our earliest origins.
However, in a reaction to the Enlightenment and industrialization, some thinkers in the West romanticized pre-modern societies and fostered the myth of the noble savage - people who lived in peace and harmony with one another and the natural world. As history, this is fanciful nonsense. But as a narrative, it has a powerful emotional draw.
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This is spot on, Cliff.
I wonder how this lady came to start rallying against the "Noble Savage" archetype in an election day speech?
A nice intellectual debate in its own right, but a terrible stump speech.
She also went heavy on the "savages" portion of that debate as well. Quite telling.