JH
John Holbo
@jholbo.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy, Illustrator of Philosophers
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I'm convinced! Sparta was apparently worse than I thought, and I always figured it was pretty bad - what with all the helots and probably "300" was mostly BS. bsky.app/profile/bret...
For instance that helotry was 'worth it' because it enabled the Spartans to be the greatest warrior-badasses ever.' Obviously not - the Spartans were militarily mediocre viewed against the broad Mediterranean. 11/
Spartans Were Losers
The U.S. military’s admiration of a proto-fascist city-state is based on bad history.
JH
John Holbo
@jholbo.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy, Illustrator of Philosophers
1k followers535 following2k posts