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26 FASCISM: THE BLOODY IDEOLOGY OF DARWINISM

Literacy was not considered important, and there was little interest in
music or literature. The only songs children were allowed to sing and learn
were those of war and violence. (The education of children from the age of four
under the fascism of Mussolini and Hitler was very similar). The Spartan
custom was to indoctrinate people in the spirit of war, at the expense of art,
literature, and education.
One of the most important thinkers to have offered detailed statements
about Sparta was the famous Greek philosopher Plato. Although he lived in
Athens, which was governed democratically, he was impressed with the
fascist system in Sparta, and in his books portrayed Sparta as a model state.
Because of Plato's fascist tendencies, Karl Popper, one of the foremost thinkers

From infancy, Spartan soldiers were
trained to know only war. Shedding
blood was their only aim in life.