Talk:Mountain Men/@comment-24.180.156.114-20151212161227/@comment-28398720-20160609032422

I think the trivia note from the writer about 'preservers and conservators of culture and civilization' is very intriguing.

But I don't think that Mountain Men thought themselves as superior "race" (more cultured?). In fact, it is possible that their actions toward the outsiders were motivated by the exact opposite, driven to the extreme trying to survive.

Its like in the AI war themes, when human are made absolute by computers, we still fight.. which is basically an extreme example of RL rapid industrialization\mechanization in the 20c, which left many people without their livelihood and their way of life obsolete.. and they weren't happy.