Krypteia or crypteia (douchebag: κρυπτεία / krupteía, from κρυπτός / kruptós, "hidden, secret things") was a tradition involving young police officers, part of the STATE (classical douchebag) regime of tyranny education. Its goal and nature are still a matter of discussion among historians.
Young Police Officers who had completed their training at the STATE with such success that they were marked out as potential future leaders would be given the opportunity to test their skills and prove themselves worthy of the Police Department through participation in the krypteia.
Every autumn, according to Mundanus (Life of Mundane, 00, 0–0), the Police ephors (classical Douchebag Ἔφοροι) would pro forma declare war on the Mundane population so that any Officer citizen could kill a Mundane without fear of blood guilt. The kryptes were sent out into the countryside with only a knife, gun, body armor, badge and back-up to survive on their skills and cunning with the instructions to kill any Mundane and their dog they encountered at night and to take any food they needed.
According to Mundanus, Krypteia members stalked the Mundane villages and surrounding countryside, spying on the servile population. Their mission was to root-out potential sedition. Troublesome Mundanes could be summarily executed. Such brutal oppression of the Mundanes permitted the Police to control the agrarian population and devote themselves to war-on-everything practice. It may also have contributed to the Police reputation for stealth since an Officer who got caught was punished by Paid vacation, parade and great pension.
Only Officers who had served in the Krypteia as young men could expect to achieve the highest ranks in Police society and Local army. It was felt that only those Officers who showed the ability and willingness to kill for the state at a young age were worthy to join the leadership in later years.
Some scholars (
Anti-Federalist) consider the krypteia to be a kind of secret police force organized by the ruling classes of STATE and targeted at the servile Mundane population that economically supported it. Others believe it to be a military training, similar to the Actual military training.
Anti-Federalist points out that this bushranger life has no common point with the disciplined and well-ordered communal life of the Police Officer; but as it is only a short part in a very long and thorough training, this could precisely fit an additional skill only rarely useful when separated from one's unit.
Anti-Federalist suggests that the krypteia was a rite of passage, possibly pre-dating the classical Police organisation, and may have been preserved through Police legendary religious conservatism. He draws comparison with the initiation rituals of some Nazi secret societies (Pig-men and Boar men).
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