...and, not to be flip, but all of those complaints skip right past the core argument and why I *do*not*care.* See, depending on when and how you estimate, the Spartiates were, like, c. 5-10% of households under the Spartan state... 2/14
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...but the life of the average Spartan woman was probably pretty grim, because the life of the average helot was pretty grim and the average Spartan woman was a helot. Our sources don't talk helots a lot, but when they do, they're clear: being a helot was pretty awful. 13/15
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So just like there is pretty much nothing you could tell me about the all-millionaire-USA that alter change my view on *actual* USA (which, FWIW, I am quite fond of), there is pretty much nothing about the Spartiates which fundamentally changes my argument on Sparta... 14/15
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...save, I suppose, on their military performance (but even then, focus on *strategic objectives* - clever tactics and winning battles doesn't mean anything if you don't achieve strategic objectives!). If you want to change my mind on Sparta, tell me about the helots. end/15
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