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My point is that extremely militaristic cultures where the entire state and populace is organized to be as effective militarily as possible tend to get BTFO in the long run. There is this strange historical meme that civilizations keep falling for of the “decadent rich mercantile culture with weak resolve” that will surrender easily and get run over by hardier people, but it doesn’t usually work out that way. Japan thought America would just roll over, Sadam Hussein thought the same that America couldn’t endure casualties, the Prussians and Nazi Germany thought that they could steam roll countries that cared about culture and economics and rights, just like the Spartans and the Athenians. Rome is an example of a agrarian militaristic traditional family value culture that beat the Jewish trader degenerate Carthiginians, but not before getting their asses handed to them several times by a strong economic world power. Paradoxically, not being obsessed with militarism makes a country and culture more powerful and dynamic, more adaptable, and more capable of winning wars by other means. Sparta thought they could make up for economy and lack of culture with toughness, but that isn’t enough.