Thread 17909817

What was the most militaristic society that ever existed?

>>17909817 (OP)
Possibly the parts of Mexico fully controlled by cartels.

Sparta? Though it was more of a paranoid slave society that was militant out of necessity of putting down slave revolts.

>>17909822
Nah most of those retards dont have real training in spite of their hardware. Plus they're a business first and a militia second.

The Roman Republic, back when military service was required for citizens and being elected to high civic office also came with a military command. You literally could not advance in the Republic without military service of some kind, and because of this it highly incentivized Romans to wage wars of conquest on their neighbors for their political careers if no other reason.

>>17909817 (OP)
Fascist regimes in WW2

>>17909829
I'd say this Sparta.
>>17909836
This afterwards. "Every drill was a bloodless battle. Every battle was a bloody drill."

>>17909895
The US hasn't officially declared war since World War 2, since it makes no sense in terms of policy to formally declare war on rice farmers or terrorists in the middle east who pose no actual threat to your home nation and/or are not represented by former militaries themselves, and are largely under the guise of global security rather than acquisition of territory. Plus the US almost exclusively leads military coalitions instead of acting on its own. Every conflict since 1945 that the US has been involved in is officially classified as a "Special Military Operation"

>>17909817 (OP)

Pagan Rome. Worshipping false demon gods gets you there.

Related: https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/508600117/#508609082

>>17910802
stop shitting up /his/ and ban evading you fucking retard.

>>17910808

I don't evade, I just wait them out and come back. I'm not retarded enough to test my luck like that.

>>17910814
enjoy your ban.

>>17909817 (OP)
Eritrea basically enslaves its entire male and female population into the military.

>>17909817 (OP)
The Spartans were hardcore... raised to fight from birth, weak babies left to die. The Mongols under Genghis Khan were brutal conquerors who slaughtered entire cities. But Nazi Germany takes the prize: industrialized war, total mobilization, and genocide on an insane scale. Pure militarism twisted into something monstrous. No contest.

>>17909817 (OP)
the voc, then eic.

>>17909817 (OP)
I'd say early-mid republic Rome, when you could reasonably expect every single male citizen to have taken part in military endeavors, at a point in time where non-citizens and slaves were still a minor enough part of the population.
I can see a case for Sparta if you treat helots as not part of spartan society, which I don't agree with but I understand why someone would.

>>17909817 (OP)
Prussia.
Germanic Barbarians.
>>17911458
>boomerposting
really? at this hour?

>>17910821
Ya mudda.

>>17909817 (OP)
Enver Hoxha’s Albania. He turned the entire country into a bunker

>>17909845
Private sector of the society retained its independence in Nazi Germany pretty far into the war. Too far perhaps. In 1943 it was already too late to start converting private businesses into military manufacturing.

Easily Sparta. Every male was expected to fight, and boys as young as 7 were taken away from their families to train. Slave labor sustained the economy so the men could focus on war.

>>17909817 (OP)

Sparta
Roman Republic
Kingdom of Prussia during the 18th Century
North Korea

>>17909817 (OP)
I've always found it very funny and odd at the same time that France has such a history of war, violence and eveyrhting despite it being populated by fucking pussies and faggots. When you look at France throughout its history, it hardly comes around as the "warrior type" of country.

>>17911801
Lovers are the most dangerous people on the planet if you really read into it. Fighters usually coast on the reputation and disarm situations before they turn violent, but people who would rather be fucking bitches or enjoying life are the ones who will go for the jugular when backed into a corner.

>>17911987
fair enough I actually like the way you see things on that matter, it would explain a lot of stuff I experienced irl

>>17909817 (OP)
fantastic film

omg is that a pair of men fighting for the beautiful maiden in the back?! omg this is like my dream scenarioooo
im such a girl tee hee~

>>17912212
nope, not at all, retard