excess of the warrior ethos that they were so hard core so they wouldn't let visitors come to this farda because they didn't want to be contaminated by outside influences. so when the spartans kind of achieved the hegemony over the aegean and became kind of imperial powers, the officers just kind of ran amok. they were corrupt, the exploited, the people can to heat sport and that is kind of what happened to them because they were sort of -- they didn't have that brought base. >> they lost their moral compass. >> they were so rigid that they never really had it. >> my question on this whole thing is i look at the fallen military as a reflection of society. that's where everybody comes from, society. i think the question you kind of talked about, how can the army continue forward with this ethos, how we go forward in the future as it reflects in society as the society continues to change, how does that affect the military? we are only bring in those guys where they come from and what they learn, what are they growing up with now? what are they bringing to the institute now as it goes forwa

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