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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 419897" data-attributes="member: 4720">Not that I'm sure of.&nbsp; You had a lot of &quot;benevolent tyrants&quot; that we would call evil nowadays because they had a tendency to kill and exile problem people, including not only selfish cheaters, but also the crippled or malformed.&nbsp; Of course, from our modern perspective we blithely ignore the fact that people like that are dangerous to such a society.Probably the closest &quot;primitive&quot; societies I'm familiar with to Chaotic would be some Celtic groups.&nbsp; Great emphasis was placed on personal honor and acheivement.&nbsp; And positions of power tended to change hands by acclamation.&nbsp; Sort of:&quot;Hammish is a powerful man.&nbsp; Why don't we make him clan chief?&quot;&quot;Sure, why not?&nbsp; All the chief does is exchange insults with the other chief before the fight, anyway.&quot;Of course, I've by no means made a comprehensive survey of &quot;primitive&quot; societies, so I'm almost certain there were others.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 419897, member: 4720"] Not that I'm sure of. You had a lot of "benevolent tyrants" that we would call evil nowadays because they had a tendency to kill and exile problem people, including not only selfish cheaters, but also the crippled or malformed. Of course, from our modern perspective we blithely ignore the fact that people like that are dangerous to such a society. Probably the closest "primitive" societies I'm familiar with to Chaotic would be some Celtic groups. Great emphasis was placed on personal honor and acheivement. And positions of power tended to change hands by acclamation. Sort of: "Hammish is a powerful man. Why don't we make him clan chief?" "Sure, why not? All the chief does is exchange insults with the other chief before the fight, anyway." Of course, I've by no means made a comprehensive survey of "primitive" societies, so I'm almost certain there were others. [/QUOTE]

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