Canada

Here’s the kicker: in Potlatch, status wasn’t about what you could pile up in your bank account. It was about what you could give away—or better yet, destroy. Picture this: leaders strutting their stuff by handing out piles of goods, then taking it up a notch—torching blankets, smashing canoes, or chucking heirlooms into the sea. Wasteful? To our greedy little minds, sure. But to them? It was a screaming declaration of abundance: “I’ve got so much, I can burn it and still come out on top.” That’s not just bold—it’s a gut punch to our obsession with ownership.