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    1. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019

      The DSA has nothing on the reforms of Lykurgus, Lawgiver of Sparta.

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    2. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019

      Lykurgus, according to Plutarch, started by redistributing all land and wealth, so every person in Sparta could be on equal footing. But did he stop there?pic.twitter.com/E7HpG8fZzH

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    3. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019

      Seeing that people could still amass wealth, and spend it on ostentatious finery, thus creating divisions amongst the people, Lykurgus changed their currency from gold and silver coins to *very large pieces of extremely shitty iron* so that no one wanted to have a lot of it.

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    4. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019

      This new extremely heavy and shitty iron currency was worthless outside of Sparta, so people could no longer spend it on foreign goods.

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    5. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019

      He then passed a law requiring people to eat dinner at shared common dining tables outside of their homes on a fixed allowance of food

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    6. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019

      Each table had 15 men, who were given an allotment of food that they could fix, and they had to cook and eat meals communally.

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    7. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019

      So having solved social, wealth, and income inequality, he next set out to reform education. How did he do it you ask? First! He allowed women to train in gymnastics, running, wrestling, martial arts etc. so that “their children might spring from a healthy source”

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    8. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019

      He then reformed marriage so that newlywed men continued associating with their young male friends/lovers and only met to have sex with their wives in secret because, according to Plutarch, he understood that having sex in secret is hotter than regular married sex.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 May 2019
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      Doesn't this account mention that Spartan wives on their first night with their husbands wore mens clothes & got male haircuts so the husband would feel at ease?

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    10. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019
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      Yep!

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 25 May 2019
      Replying to @parabasis

      This is one of those things where I avoid reading any academic commentary because I'm sure some pedantic poindexter has debunked Plutarch. Better to stick with the original

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        1. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis 25 May 2019
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          Oh of course. I doubt much of it is true at all! But i love how fixated Plutarch is on stories of rulers trying to solve income inequality. He also clearly finds Lykurgus hilarious.

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