In an egalitarian culture, however, true leadership is despised and precedence is frequently given to technicians, bureaucrats, and various kinds of intellectual ground-pounders. This means things can get fearfully skewed—we have generals who do not see the principles involved, and sergeants who do. The distinction between principles and “methods” is an objective one. However, to the one who is not gifted enough to see the distinction, the whole thing will appear to be a Zen exercise.
