What was the real cause of the strife and bloodshed among the Jaredites?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Jaredite society, like every other heroic society, is a feudal organization bound together by an elaborate system of oaths. … Since in heroic ages one becomes a leader by proving his prowess in open competition, personal rivalry and ambition are the ordinary and accepted motives for war and need no excuse. Throughout our Jaredite history the perennial source of strife and bloodshed is the purely personal rivalry between great leaders” (Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, 410).

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