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The warrior existed before any army; the warrior existed before any police; the warrior existed before any shield, sword, or gun; the warrior existed before rank, before hierarchy, before divisions, before units. The warrior exists still above all these things—though he may exist in them too. War needs warriors. Warriors do not need war. Ask any cop.

The trendy cant braying about the “ethical warrior” is therefore a redundancy. It confuses the warrior with one who fights in a war. Nobility was always the pride and mark of the warrior. The soldier, the cop, the freedom fighter must earn the name. It is not bestowed by status or appointment.

History illuminates the theme.

By 73 BCE, the empire of Rome spanned the known world. Its military and cultural power was immense. Rome was everywhere. To challenge it was madness. One man defied its peerless might. His true name remains a mystery. He kept it for himself. History calls him Spartacus.

Of Thrace and free by birth, “he served as soldier among Romans, after captive and sold as gladiator.”¹