We didn't evolve from simple to complex. We got stuck. 🏛️🔥 We investigate "The Dawn of Everything," the massive history-shattering book by David Graeber and David Wengrow. We break down the "Indigenous Critique," revealing how Native American intellectuals like Kandiaronk not only out-debated European settlers but actually sparked the Enlightenment itself.

1. The "Indigenous Critique": We analyze the origin of freedom. We explain how 17th-century indigenous thinkers shocked Europeans by pointing out their lack of liberty, poverty, and submission to authority. We discuss how these critiques influenced Rousseau and the very concepts of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" that defined the French Revolution.

2. The "Seasonal" Society: It wasn't always a trap. We expose the flexibility. We discuss how ancient societies (like those at Stonehenge) were politically playful, shifting between hierarchy and egalitarianism depending on the season. We ask: if our ancestors could dismantle their police states every winter, why can't we?.

3. The "Three Freedoms": What did we lose? We explore the trap. Graeber and Wengrow argue humanity once possessed three primordial rights: the freedom to move, the freedom to disobey, and the freedom to create new social realities. We discuss how the modern state is defined not by progress, but by "getting stuck" in a rigid hierarchy we can no longer imagine changing.

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