Ramsey Ideals
Author’s Note
This text is not meant to be an academic text. It wasn’t written with the intent to be one. It was written to be digestible, and easy to flip through and understand. I will provide sources at the end to go further in depth with certain topics.
Tribe & Community
Through the Internet, we can be so connected but feel deeply, horribly alone. Humans need each other, it is in our neurology. Over millions of years humans have adapted to be together in close-knit communities, something lost on modern Western society running contrary to our evolution.
Modern humans are supposed to be at their most advanced in all of our history, but it seems as if we’ve devolved. American Indians on the other hand have lived the traditional way of highly communal life, similar to our first ancestors thousands of years ago.
As said by Mary Jemison (1743–1833)
"No people can live more happy than the Indians did in times of peace, before the introduction of spirituous liquors amongst them. Their lives were a continual round of pleasures.”
As said by Mary Jemison (1743–1833)
"No people can live more happy than the Indians did in times of peace, before the introduction of spirituous liquors amongst them. Their lives were a continual round of pleasures.”
Tribes were ran by consensus, in contrast to laws of Western Nations that in theory treated all as equal.
“Freedom was not taken, it was earned.”
“Freedom was not taken, it was earned.”
-Sebastian Junger
Good actions were rewarded while bad ones were quickly dealt with.
Good actions were rewarded while bad ones were quickly dealt with.
The sad truth is that the modern day has
yielded historic highs of depression of an 88% jump from 1990 to 2021 globally and that percentage is only climbing.
In the United States depression rates reached 18.3% in 2025, the largest demographic being young adults at 26.7%, double the 13.0% rates recorded in 2017.
Communal living isn’t nice to have, it’s a biological necessity.
yielded historic highs of depression of an 88% jump from 1990 to 2021 globally and that percentage is only climbing.
In the United States depression rates reached 18.3% in 2025, the largest demographic being young adults at 26.7%, double the 13.0% rates recorded in 2017.
Communal living isn’t nice to have, it’s a biological necessity.
Sources
Sebastian Junger’s Book “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging”
Provided information on Human psychology, evolution, the necessity of community, and Mary Jemison’s Quote. I would highly recommend listening to his audiobook or reading his book.
The Journal of Psychiatric Research
Provided info of historical trends and numbers relating to depression.
Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index.
Provided additional information on depression rates in The United States.
Sebastian Junger’s Book “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging”
Provided information on Human psychology, evolution, the necessity of community, and Mary Jemison’s Quote. I would highly recommend listening to his audiobook or reading his book.
The Journal of Psychiatric Research
Provided info of historical trends and numbers relating to depression.
Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index.
Provided additional information on depression rates in The United States.
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