Never said it was, but for the sake of being pedantic:


> Sparta had what ancient Greek commentators called a 'mixed' constitution, which blended kingship, oligarchy, and democracy. 

I was talking about the Peloponnese  war that broke out between them. 

Bell_curve

Democracy isn't necessarily a good. Sparta and Athens figured that out. It limits democracy because crowds of people can be quite wrong-headed. The best that can be done, like statistics, is a representative sample. That's why the Constitution defines a Republic.