Is the notion of establishing a neo-Spartiate state ruled by technocratic Philosopher Kings, after the fashion of Plato’s Republic, on everyone’s lips at the moment, or is it just the social circle I move in?
Is the notion of establishing a neo-Spartiate state ruled by technocratic Philosopher Kings, after the fashion of Plato’s Republic, on everyone’s lips at the moment, or is it just the social circle I move in?
Well, which is it?
A bit of both, I think…
When even Nick Mee started talking admiringly about the Spartan constitution, I felt the wind was turning.