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The Iroquois Law of Peace and Its Influence on American Governance
51:48 - 1:00:26 (08:38)
Thomas Paine incorporated the natural rights of man as exemplified by the Iroquois society into the intellectual basis for American governance. The Iroquois Law of Peace, which influenced the US Constitution, was based on egalitarian principles where everyone was equal regardless of class or income.
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The dual roles of a peacetime leader and wartime leader require very different sensibilities and traits.
51:48 - 55:11 (03:23)
Summary
The dual roles of a peacetime leader and wartime leader require very different sensibilities and traits. American governance is based on the Iroquois law of peace, which calls for non-military leadership at the top of the chain of command to prevent a military dictatorship.
ChapterThe Iroquois Law of Peace and Its Influence on American Governance
Episode#161: Lessons from War, Tribal Societies, and a Non-Fiction Life (Sebastian Junger)
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The settler’s belief that they were the superior godly society that settled the Eastern seaboard of the New World resulted in a stifling of the very quality of civilization and Christianity.
55:11 - 56:14 (01:03)
Summary
The settler’s belief that they were the superior godly society that settled the Eastern seaboard of the New World resulted in a stifling of the very quality of civilization and Christianity. The societal structure imposed by the Puritan ideology was, in fact, unnatural and prevented us from living as social animals.
ChapterThe Iroquois Law of Peace and Its Influence on American Governance
Episode#161: Lessons from War, Tribal Societies, and a Non-Fiction Life (Sebastian Junger)
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The adoption of kidnapped white captives by Native American tribes was common during the frontier, and many of them refused to be repatriated back to their society, preferring the egalitarian and classless society of their captors.
56:14 - 1:00:26 (04:12)
Summary
The adoption of kidnapped white captives by Native American tribes was common during the frontier, and many of them refused to be repatriated back to their society, preferring the egalitarian and classless society of their captors.