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Entry: Mama was a Spartan Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/mama_was_a_spartan#606 Post contents: People of a patriotic mindset who are made aware of classical history inevitably come away with an admiration for the courage and valour of the Spartans. People like Kagan (perhaps a relation to Stalin's henchman, Kaganovich?) seldom draw much of a distinction between patriots and fascists, and are likewkise suspicious of anything which patriots heartily approve, hence Sparta becomes a "fascist place." My left-wing friends are always decrying neo-"conservatism" as the latest incarnation of fascism, to which I invariably respond that neo-cons are a completely separate historical phenomenon from fascism, and that the neo-cons are worse. Sent at: 2008 10 06