What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.
My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline...
The whole system of society tells you what to do.
I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable.
