Alex Petkas: Ancient Hero Culture, Leadership Today, & Academia as No Place for High Agency

Alex Petkas of Cost of Glory discusses leaving academia and how the ivory towers are no longer a place for excellence and high agency people but conformity and mediocrity. He explains why Plutarch is more important than you think and how the ancient Greeks and Romans are the model of manliness and hero culture for the West. He points out ancient elite dynamics and past history which rhymes with the present.Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Odysee / Rokfin / RumbleListen/Download on SoundCloud*Support Geopolitics & Empire!Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donationsConsult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultationBecome a Member Become a Sponsor https://geopoliticsandempire.com/sponsors**Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors!Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopoliticseasyDNS (use promo code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.comEscape The Technocracy course (15% discount using this link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopoliticsLegalShield https://hhrvojemoric.wearelegalshield.comWise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopoliticsWebsitesCost of Glory https://costofglory.comSubstack YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@costofgloryAbout Alex PetkasAlex likes helping people draw energy and practical insights from great figures of the past.He left a successful career in academia in order to this better.  You can read his CV here.Besides peer reviewed research publications, he has written for many non-academic venues, including Compact, American Mind, Man’s World, and Antigone (where he is a founding editor).He lives with his wife and kids in his native Texas.*Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit geopoliticsandempire.substack.com/subscribe