Go outside then ? <| sep |> Ahh maybe this is why they want independence <| sep |> But you can ' t pay less than minimum wage . <| sep |> I ' m all for drawing comparisons between past societies and our society today , especially because if we don ' t learn lessons from the past we will be forced to repeat it . However , I ' m not convinced that the vikings went on raids because they were betas . Maybe we could argue they were less Alpha . But everyone except the KingChief is less Alpha , that doesn ' t make them beta , certainly not in comparison to the betas of today . TLDR viking raids are an alpha behavior This resulted in volatile societies in Scandinavia in which men were moved to engage in risky behavior , such as raiding expeditions to gain wealth and status to attract brides and to secure female slaves . this is not the action of a beta . a beta would stay home and be sexless doing whatever the chief told him to do . Other possibilities the model presents include that the Vikings were hypersensitive to insults , that they viewed risk taking positively and that there was intense competition among men . alpha as fuck Men of low status might not have been the only members of Viking cultures seeking to go on raids . Powerful men would likely want to support , fund and lead raids to acquire plunder , in order to develop and keep their reputations and further their ambitions , the researchers said . emphasis minecan ' t just let all the young , brideless , sexless kids go viking , they will return with all the money and become more alpha . What would my wives think of me if I didn ' t also go raiding ? The beta ' s in Viking society were probably more of the farmers , traders , and tradesmen . There were lots of both . For example , if the trigger for the raids was innovations in sailing technology , why did Scandinavians elect to go raiding rather than focusing their efforts on peaceful trade ? They did a lot of peaceful trade . From Canada to Russia to the Mediterranean . Which is much more beta than raiding . However these betas are probably still more alpha than many of our alphas today .