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#Ancientfacts @Ada_Palmer The phrase “the Thucydides trap” is from Thucydides’ analysis of why Athens and Sparta fought the Peloponnesian War: “What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta." Is
China Athens,the US Sparta?
In that analogy, yes—but it's wrong and reductive to label US and China as Sparta and Athens, respectively. Culturally, America today is much more comparable to ancient Athens. From certain points of view, the US could be likened to Sparta, or Athens, or even Persia.
