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Sparta is the closest example i think of. all the men were soldiers and all the hard labor/farming were done by slaves/healots. eventually led to technological
by jti107 3y ago
Sparta is the closest example i think of. all the men were soldiers and all the hard labor/farming were done by slaves/healots. eventually led to technological stagnation & societal collapse
- wutangson1 3y agoDid Sparta actually fall because Thebes out innovated them on the battlefield? If so, perhaps an argument _for_ the military industrial complex as a nation’s savior. Perhaps you are thinking of classical Athens, and its loss to the Greek city-state of Syracuse in Sicily?