HEROIC AND IMPERIAL SPIRITS ARE OPPOSED TO ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE HEROES FIGHT CHAOS, SO WHEN THINGS ARE PROSPEROUS AND CIVILIZED THE ONLY PLACE FOR HEROISM IS ON THE MARGIN, ON THE FRONTIER

WHICH IS WHY FRONTIERSMEN AND BORDERFOLK ARE OFTEN THE LAST SUPPORTERS OF EMPIRE -- WHAT DO THEY KNOW OF EUROPE, WHOM ONLY EUROPE KNOWS

AND WHICH IS WHY THE HEROIC AGE IS AN AGE OF BLOOD AND CHAOS WHERE PEOPLE GET THEIR HEADS CHOPPED OFF

>THEN WE SIMPLY NEED TO CURTAIL SAFETY AND PROSPERITY TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE VITAL, MAINTAIN OUR ABILITY TO PRODUCE HEROES WHO CAN RENEW THE ORDER

INCEL TAKE.

1. BECAUSE IF YOU HAD CHILDREN YOU WOULDN'T VALUE HEROISM SO HIGHLY IN THE ABSTRACT TO EVEN CONSIDER DIMINISHING CIVILIZATION

YOU DONT WANT TO SEE YOUR SON KILLED WITH A MACHETE BEFORE YOUR EYES AS YOU QUIVER CLUTCHING YOUR GUTS SPILLING OUT ON THE GROUND, NO STRENGTH TO EVEN JUMP IN FRONT OF THE BLADE AND DIE FIRST

AND THAT IS WHAT THE HEROIC AGE IS LIKE

ITS NOT ALL LAUREL LEAVES

2. AND BECAUSE CONVERSELY THIS INCEL SITUATION SIGNALS THE BREAKDOWN OF CIVILIZATION AND THE COMING OF THE MACHETE AGE

IN OTHER WORDS YOU DREAM OF A LESS CIVIL AGE THIS WAY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A CIVILIZED MAN, AND YOU ARE NOT A CIVILIZED MAN BECAUSE THE LESS CIVIL AGE LOOMS ON THE NEAREST HORIZON

AND IT WON'T BE GOOD BUT YOU'VE NEVER HAD IT THAT GOOD IN YOUR LIFE ANYWAY, MAYBE YOU HAD IT SOFT AND COMFORTABLE BUT NEVER GOOD