Paleo Quick Tip Of The Day

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” – Marcus AureliusIn the Western tradition of civilization, the chief hallmark is that of individual autonomy, meaning each free individual within that most successful of all tribes can speak their mind freely, and live as they see fit for themselves and their families!  Throughout the vast majority of history, from culture after culture, tribe after tribe- the norm has been a KING.  An elite person, surrounded by other elites he has chosen, that rule over everyone else.  Endless gradations of slaves, that do as they are told.  Privileged slaves, who have trappings of wealth, above another level of slaves, and so on, down the line…But ultimately, in this ancestral world order of humankind, the vast majority have been simply slaves that did as they were told- or else!Western civilization, in counterpoint, has been quite different from this.  Since ancient Greece, to Rome, and then through the middle ages up to the American revolution, the thrust has