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 and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed. Within Sparta there existed three groups: slaves, known as Helots.…
