• Jhex@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    you are thinking of Spartan actual history… the drunk the USA has in change of the military is thinking of Sparta as in the movie 300 which he thinks is a documentary

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      The movie and sequel both have Sparta fighting and dying for Western Democracy, which Sparta was vehemently against when Greece imposed it.

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        Western Democracy

        Reminder that Athenian democracy at the time was land-owning men voting to exile those who said things they didn’t like, and voting to steal the money in the common defense funds to use to repair Athens and build walls around it, and also fund garrisons around the other cities that were expected to keep paying into that fund, after the Persian threat was long gone - with the garrisons turned toward those cities.

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      I thought the drunk was Kash Patel in charge of the FBI, who’s resume includes: “podcaster”. Hegseth is the Fox New host who is in charge of the military. All very tactical nominations who put us at every disadvantage