"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
10 Brave Warrior Classes of World History
These groups of men and women, as pointed out in the article, are found throughout history. I'm not sure how that fits in with the testosterone theory, but for whatever reason, those qualities just won't be stamped out. While governments hope to hold these groups in control, to be used militarily at government will, that has not always been the case. Unfortunately, a few intelligent ones, able to think for themselves, always seem to slip in, despite efforts to prevent such things.
The danger in a smart warrior class is that they may see the hypocrisy and brutality of the state and flip the script, support the people against the government. That is the reason for the IQ testing that allows those scoring too high to be eliminated from potential police officer hire lists to ensure that the streets are filled with the thug pig cops we see today, not smart enough to really understand how destructive what they are doing is, not smart enough to care much beyond, hey, I got mine, and certainly not smart enough to break out of groupthink gang mentality and have independent thoughts regarding policy and procedures.
A smart warrior class may become successful freedom fighters or revolutionaries, exactly why the government is trying to disarm returning War on Terror veterans and has issued directives to law enforcement to see these veterans as potential domestic terrorists.
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