AP English Language: THIS IS SPARTA-N
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In line 21, "spartan" most likely means
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All right interesting Well in this sense a spartan existence
is contrasted to american prosperity and consumerism If americans are
buying lots of things well then the soviets presumably aren't
The soviet economy did not allow citizens all glittery seductive
fancy options at least not the way the american economy
offered that to consumers And especially when they have big
fat credit cards Well mostly all consumers received the same
thing The same apartment food clothing and someone like that's
what you get in the soviet union in that era
The whole idea was to have the garbage man live
in the same manner as thie Neurosurgeon It went over
really well with lots of people Yeah just check the
history books So culturally of course the soviet union was
ideologically repressed So get rid of a is a choice
here because it's not spartan and their society was communist
He get rid of that and never fascist get rid
of sea and rather military like so get rid of
deep Their fashion itself though was spartan disciplined frugal no
frills no much like kanye west fall two thousand fifteen
Easy line Actually fashion goes in weird directions We know
we know But here the answer is spartan means basically 00:01:32.412 --> [endTime] be no frills