Modern soldiers are not brave in the same way the Argives, or the Celtic warriors were. Modern soldiers are brave because they have been psychologically conditioned to be completely subservient to orders and sacrifice no matter what. They're dehumanized. The ancients, on the other hand, were mostly in it for personal reasons. They were brave because they cared more about achieving fame and fortune, or fighting for an idea. Look at Achilles, for example. Achilles was not sacrificing himself for Agamemnon, he was risking his life for his interests and his beliefs, and later to avenge Patroclus. What Achilles did, of course, is the worst nightmare of a modern, industrial army. Soldiers thinking for themselves. They want soldiers to be as dronelike and subservient as possible to the point wher
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