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You squawk μολὼν λαβέ without knowing *ANYTHING* about the polis that supposedly uttered it. A polis in which was.... *Checks Notes* An oligarchic-dual monarchy-militarist stratocracy. A place where citizenship was only by military service. A place where women owned most of the land and wealth because their husbands would die in battle. A place where children are separated from their families, thoroughly abused, malnourished, and hardened to be soldiers. Education in reading and other forms of learning beyond the basic level was set aside. A command economy that forbade citizens from private business at all. A command economy built on a conquered slave population that outnumbered the citizen army 7-to-1 Had The Krypteia, a secret police force made of the youth who'd just entered manhood. They would prove their worth on the battlefield AND keep the slaves in terror by performing a regular "cull" of the population. An army that encouraged homoerotic bonds to
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