Whenever I see someone say they prefer Hector over Achilles, I am forced to chimp out. Maybe I’m ignoring the good qualities of Hector and remember him fleeing three times around the walls of Troy to escape fate and vengeance. Only to turn and face the end after Athena tricked him. So let us talk about Grek nobility. You can compare the Grek elite to our elite. No, not the politicians, many of which are just for show and you see it when they’re forced to do anything normal — they reveal themselves to be empty shells. No, the real elite of our age is closer to the billionaire class who have grown smart enough to stay out of the limelight.
Outstanding articles, BD. Adolph Hitler said that the ancient Greeks were physically like the Nordics of his day. Concomitantly, Ortega de Gasset, the author of the excellent, "Revolt of the Masses", said you can take all of the remaining pure Greek blood and it would fit in a wine glass. Such is the tragedy of miscegenation over the centuries. Good points on the Elite. It pains me when people refer to the oligarchs who control this earth as "elite". That term has an inference of high caliber and exemplary worthiness. These oligarchs, their wealth and power notwithstanding, are the scum/slime of existence.
One question I have is how do you ‘Resavage’ the modern world with warrior values in an era where individual warriors don’t matter in war anymore?
How can you have an Achilles in an age where an Achilles can be killed by a drone strike, artillery shell or stray bullet? What does it mean to be a warrior in the modern world?
“when tyranny becomes law rebellion becomes duty of citizens living under a tyrannical government that ''it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government””
Outstanding articles, BD. Adolph Hitler said that the ancient Greeks were physically like the Nordics of his day. Concomitantly, Ortega de Gasset, the author of the excellent, "Revolt of the Masses", said you can take all of the remaining pure Greek blood and it would fit in a wine glass. Such is the tragedy of miscegenation over the centuries. Good points on the Elite. It pains me when people refer to the oligarchs who control this earth as "elite". That term has an inference of high caliber and exemplary worthiness. These oligarchs, their wealth and power notwithstanding, are the scum/slime of existence.
One question I have is how do you ‘Resavage’ the modern world with warrior values in an era where individual warriors don’t matter in war anymore?
How can you have an Achilles in an age where an Achilles can be killed by a drone strike, artillery shell or stray bullet? What does it mean to be a warrior in the modern world?
“when tyranny becomes law rebellion becomes duty of citizens living under a tyrannical government that ''it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government””