Anonymous
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7/1/2025, 12:08:10 AM No.509164125
The truth behind the movie '300' is more complex than it appears. In the film, King Xerxes suffers major losses and offers terms of surrender to Leonidas, who boldly declares, “You have many slaves, but you don't have worriors.” However, this is misleading.
The Cyrus Cylinder, an actual historical artifact, tells us that the Persian Empire , under Cyrus the Great , freed captives, including the Jews, and allowed them to return to their homelands. At that time, it was standard for war captives to become slaves, so this act was revolutionary. Persia was, in some ways, more humane than often portrayed.
On the other hand, Sparta was a rigid society where only about 10% of the population were free citizens, and the rest were enslaved helots. In order to maintain control over this vast population of slaves, Spartans practiced extreme measures — even going so far as to kill weak or disabled infants at birth to ensure a stronger ruling class.
So, it is ironic and even absurd that Sparta, a slave-owning state, would criticize Persia for slavery — as the film 300 suggests. This is a product of modern myth-making and propaganda, not history. You must awaken from the brainwash that has been constructed for you.
The same can be said of King Sejong of Korea. In 1430, he held what could be considered the first national referendum to reform the taxation system, conducting a public opinion survey involving 170,000 people—about a quarter of the population at the time. The results were close: around 98,000 in favor and 74,000 opposed. As a leader, he was remarkably devoted to the well-being of his people. Yet I have seen chatbots being used to undermine his achievements. It is a sad .
The Cyrus Cylinder, an actual historical artifact, tells us that the Persian Empire , under Cyrus the Great , freed captives, including the Jews, and allowed them to return to their homelands. At that time, it was standard for war captives to become slaves, so this act was revolutionary. Persia was, in some ways, more humane than often portrayed.
On the other hand, Sparta was a rigid society where only about 10% of the population were free citizens, and the rest were enslaved helots. In order to maintain control over this vast population of slaves, Spartans practiced extreme measures — even going so far as to kill weak or disabled infants at birth to ensure a stronger ruling class.
So, it is ironic and even absurd that Sparta, a slave-owning state, would criticize Persia for slavery — as the film 300 suggests. This is a product of modern myth-making and propaganda, not history. You must awaken from the brainwash that has been constructed for you.
The same can be said of King Sejong of Korea. In 1430, he held what could be considered the first national referendum to reform the taxation system, conducting a public opinion survey involving 170,000 people—about a quarter of the population at the time. The results were close: around 98,000 in favor and 74,000 opposed. As a leader, he was remarkably devoted to the well-being of his people. Yet I have seen chatbots being used to undermine his achievements. It is a sad .
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