A day after Independence Day in the United States, the world’s richest man announced on X that he would form a new political party called the America Party. A follow-up from Elon Musk revealed that he intended to break up the current “uniparty” system through the use of an Ancient Greek military tactic, “a variant of how Epaminondas shattered the myth of Spartan invincibility at Leuctra: extremely concentrated force at a precise location on the battlefield.” If Musk is aware of how much the Battle of Leuctra relied on the Sacred Band — and thus people we would today identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community — he did not signal it, and his recent track record has shown that he continues not to be an ally to the community. Read the full op ed by doctor_bond007 at the link in bio. . . . 1 - Isaac Walraven, “The Death Bed of Epaminondas,” (1726), oil on panel (image via Wikimedia Commons) 3 - Detail from an attic black-figure neck amphora with soldier scene from the Iliad (ca. 540–...