re: #51 dog philosopher

also: helots

the entire population of a neighboring province existed in a state of semi-slavery providing food for sparta. every year the spartans would declare a kind of ceremonial war on them so that spartan males could complete their coming-of-age ceremony by killing a helot

eventually other greek states subverted this arrangement by convincing the helots to revolt, which was carried out successfully

Yes, but that is apparently less relevant to many conservatives than institutionalized pederasty and ultimate failure.