Come on... look at this section: characteristics of Spartan society that many of them would object to, including relative economic equality, cultural egalitari

Come on... look at this section: characteristics of Spartan society that many of them would object to, including relative economic equality, cultural egalitarianism, and military restraint. The Spartans are a strange case: They rejected anything resembling liberal democracy, abandoned commerce, industry, and trade, and by doing so, rose to preeminence in the Greek world and maintained their independence for seven centuries—far longer than any modern republic. So the saving features are keeping a terrible tyranny for seven centuries, "cultural egalitarianism" (nice euphemism) and "relative economic equality" (except between the 90% slaves and the 10% citizens). To create this paradise they just had to reject democracy, commerce, industry and trade. Nice deal!!!