Here is the Youtube link if that helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnB_8Zm9lPk
The desert thing is part of the issue, but there's more to it, as explained in the video
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The U.S. military’s admiration of a proto-fascist city-state is based on bad history.
Cross-posting this here as it discusses both geography and social determinism
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> > Over the last few years of making videos the most engaging and interesting criticisms of my videos have come from people who I would call Geographic determinists. People who believe that the way certain socio-political structures are shaped, is heavily dependent upon and influenced by the geography that surrounds a society. > I want to make clear that I do not dismiss geographic determinism, I find it to be an interesting position, and have to concede that more often than not - geographic determinists are correct. > I would merely like to explain why I, am not a geographic determinist.
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> Over the last few years of making videos the most engaging and interesting criticisms of my videos have come from people who I would call Geographic determinists. People who believe that the way certain socio-political structures are shaped, is heavily dependent upon and influenced by the geography that surrounds a society. I want to make clear that I do not dismiss geographic determinism, I find it to be an interesting position, and have to concede that more often than not - geographic determinists are correct. I would merely like to explain why I, am not a geographic determinist.