I swear, as I moved leftward realizing just how much of a fascist Teddy Roosevelt was legit hurt me. It was like finding out the truth about Elon all over again.

But it just goes to show that Malthusianism is simply a core part of Anglo culture. Like every Anglosphere country is in a bare-knuckled fight to be the modern day Sparta.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

good blog series about how Sparta was trash https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-i-spartan-school/

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Sixth grade me in social studies: “So they just attacked Athens because they were violent warmongers jealous of their prosperity!? Why do we idolize them?!”

clueless over the nature Europeans had for the rest of the world

But yeah, thank you for the article. Sparta was awful and the 300 makes my skin crawl because of how it glorified some of the earliest fascists in history.

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