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I love the future. (mander.xyz)
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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (5 children)

And ironically enough they have more in common with the Persian "soldiers" which are just fodder for their God King.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Don't be silly.

    The Persian Empire had basically abolished slavery. Xerxes is noted in particular for being a far kinder conquerer than the Greeks were proven time and again.

    Whatever you can say about the fledgling democracy of the slave state Athens, it would be destroyed by Sparta eventually.

    The wrong side won at Thermopylae.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Werent they the aggressors though?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    All slave states deserve to be destroyed! But in that war at least, yes. How much time do you spend judging Alexander for his conquests though? It's just what those assholes did to each other in the Iron age.

    Personally I'll root for the imperialist assholes who don't have slaves.

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