Montaigne's argument that "civilized" societies exceed simple societies in terms of violence and barbarity still remains true today. More powerful and civilized societies are more likely to judge the actions of others and ignore the much greater violence in their own ways of life. The tribe may practice cannibalism by eating the heads of their defeated enemies, but it is no worse than the torturing of a prisoner that is still alive or the killing of thousands in wars based on religious conflicts. The natives were also confused by the inequality between the rich and the poor. There were some men who had everything and then there were those with nothing, this is still a normal occurrence today. It was viewed as odd because the tribe always made