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Sparta's not that great
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I wonder if future societies will view North Korea with the kind of "they're cool because they had a harsh society that invested everything in military" attitude we reserve for ancient Sparta
No one's exporting myths about NK's military superiority. And they don't have any accounts of them rebuffing a larger army to exaggerate.
The fact that many people think ancient Sparta is cool blows my mind. When someone praises ancient Sparta, I typically estimate there’s a 75% probability they’re a right-wing conservative.
Nah, I dont think they are necessarily right wing. There's just so much propaganda about Sparta being awesome, (much of which is from spartans themselves,) that is become a commonplace idea.
Now personally I think we should have a 300 style movie about the Sacred Band in Thebes, they were legit badasses.
Cringe hyper-aristocratic caste-based mega-slaver militarized totalitarian state 🤢
Based gay-married citizen-volunteers for democratic hegemony 😍