Post #406

Sparta! You probably remember reading in school about extraordinary warriors who bravely beat huge armies to defend Greece from terrible Persian. How powerful these soldiers were. I used to admire Spartans, until I've started to read about Socrates. Today I can clearly say I despise Spartans and their ideals. In a movie 300 Spartans we were sold a story of the war of freedom against tyranny - it's a lie. Sparta was tyrant state, that eventually destroyed greatness of Greece, by beating a democratic state - Athens in Peloponnesian War. Tyrants cannot tolerate democratic neighboring country, the spirit of freedom is highly contagious and undermines their power. Thousands of years have passed but fight of freedom vs tyranny is still as relevant. The question is how long can a democracy sustain until it either destroyed by outside tyrannies or turned into tyranny from within? Whatever happens we must keep eyes open.