1.0The Art of Manlinesshttps://beta.artofmanliness.comBrett and Kate McKayhttps://beta.artofmanliness.com/author/brett-and-kate-mckay/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="okoQgNMeOM"><a href="https://beta.artofmanliness.com/character/sunday-firesides-not-everything-is-political/">Sunday Firesides: Not Everything Is Political</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://beta.artofmanliness.com/character/sunday-firesides-not-everything-is-political/embed/#?secret=okoQgNMeOM" width="600" height="338" title="“Sunday Firesides: Not Everything Is Political” — The Art of Manliness" data-secret="okoQgNMeOM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://beta.artofmanliness.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2020/10/Everything-Not-Political-3.jpg650400Before there was politics, there was sex and love, games and sports, spirituality and art, glory and honor. As civilization became increasingly complex, governments were instituted to protect this primordial pursuit of happiness in a more structured and equitable way. As Aristotle put it, “every state is a community of some kind, and every community […]