Discusses Athens and Sparta in ancient times. Fights and government plus more. How both city-states resemble the US.

We are about to explore the roots of two political systems: totalitarianism and democracy. Both forms exist in the modern world, but the roots for each can be found in ancient Greece. Both were bitter rivals and despised each other. The form of culture of totalitarianism had its roots in the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. Totalitarianism means of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute …

…beliefs and ways of life. The Athens all had responsibilities and would have kept that type of society going longer. The Athens city-state resembles the United States now. Both allow all citizens to be equal and both education resemble each other. It amazing how the Athens city-state didn't get overthrown by the Spartans and how the Spartans didn't decline earlier with how they were run. Only once in ancient Greek could this have ever happened.