What is it with these fascist dweebs and their Spartan fetish?
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Well, yes and no. Fascists have had an interest in appropriating ancient history for decades.
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Not "yes and no." Just yes. https://newrepublic.com/article/154563/sparta-myth-rise-fascism-trumpism …
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Sure. Read that one and others making the sane point convincingly (because it's true). Spartan Love has long been a component of white nationalism. So weird to see it go mainstream.
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It arguably went mainstream when "300" was released in 2006 and became a hit.
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Apparently. I've been seeing it regularly for 10 years by that point (and others for far longer), but I guess that says more about the company I keep than about the state of public opinion.
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Well, I could go on about my decade-long deconversion from the early 1990s to the invasion of Iraq and how I couldn't possibly have seen the Sparta myth for what it was until at least 2004-5, but it would just bore you.
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