Human cultures used to be pretty good at “let those other weirdos do what they want, as long as they don’t bother us” until certain proselytizing religions came along.
That’s just not true at all.
Look at studies of warfare in “stone-age” tribes, e.g. in the Amazon or New Guinea. It’s low-intensity but pretty constant.
Or look at the Vikings. Or the Mongol horde. How do you think the Roman Empire got so big? Etc, etc.
That’s just not true at all.
Look at studies of warfare in “stone-age” tribes, e.g. in the Amazon or New Guinea. It’s low-intensity but pretty constant.
Or look at the Vikings. Or the Mongol horde. How do you think the Roman Empire got so big? Etc, etc.