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Paul Bonneau's avatar

Young patriotic White men should be joining or creating local militias, not enlisting in the Globohomo military. Such militia service is much less likely to generate the suicide problem we see with veterans of the Empire.

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John Carter's avatar

Another good historical analogy for the GAE is the Carthaginian empire, a thalassocracy that practiced ritual child sacrifice. However, I agree that Athens is also a good example, with the proviso that the American South is, or at any rate was, much more similar to Sparta. Pre-20th century America was an expansionist tellurocracy with a value structure to match; this was defeated by the mercantile sea power in the North, which has proceeded to behave as rapacious revolutionary sea powers have often behaved. The tension between American patriots and cosmopolitan cynics is largely a result of the latter subverting and redirecting the cultural instincts of the former towards their own ends.

Incidentally, another similarity is that the Athenians of the Peloponnesian age were extremely interested in exporting democracy, which was simultaneously a moralizing mission with nearly religious overtones, and a useful political tool that they used to establish control over lesser powers. The Spartans, by contrast, had no interest in exporting their political system, and came to oppose Athens as first among a coalition of cities and nations that just wanted to be left alone.

In the 21st century, I suppose Russia is the closest thing to Sparta, having emerged as leader of those peoples who just want to be left alone by the tiresome, self-righteous empire. China seems like it might be analogous to Sicily.

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