Explain Montaigne's thoughts about how his own government treats its enemies. Your answer should be at least one hundred words

Montague have considered that his government was as brutal against its enemies as the tribes of cannibals that the Portuguese explorers have found in their journeys to the New World. He perceived that torturing and killing your "neighbor" (other European nations) or fellow countryman in the name of piety or religion was a barbaric, nonsensical way of resolving conflicts, and it also served as evidence that French society had become corrupt and pretentious. The author concluded that, even with all its flaws, Westerners, "salvages" from the New World or even the enemies they faced are very similar because he believes that every human being shared same foibles, savagery, and miscalculation.

Montaigne thought that his own government, within a "civilized" country, was more barbaric than that of the indigenous foreigners which were dubbed "barbaric" people. At least within the foreigner's culture, prisoners of war were treated with respect until it came time for their death as compared to European jail systems where people could rot until the end of the days. Montaigne criticizes his society by comparing it to what others claim is 'savage.' His criticisms shed light on his own people's practices of the day.