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>while people who reject society and are treated like "barbarians" end up being more moral because they're following their gut instincts of right and wrong.
Nah. Howard was pretty damn clear that Conan was an exception on both positions of barbarism and civility. Literally every barbaric tribe he encounters is full of violent morons barely held in check by exceptional leaders, and that was also the whole idea he wanted to explore with Bran Mak Morn.