[mempko]

Actually a lot of the enlightenment ideas (which our government is based on) came from native American critiques of European societies. Read The Dawn of Everything for the details.

[JumpCrisscross]

This is a bold claim that would do better than a throwaway source.

[mempko]

The Dawn of Everything is not a throw away source. It's one of the most well researched anthropological and sociological works.