About 300, the Movie

Given that the general theme of the movie 300 is the conflict of freedom and democracy versus totalitarianism and slavery, European journalists have expressed hostility, mostly because of one widely-held belief:

"If you mention democracy or freedom, you're an imperialist or a fascist."

Historically, the Europeans haven't been able to shed their love for the socialist ideas of Karl Marx, despite repeated ruinous results. Of course, the hostile attitude almost exclusively applies to "old Europe."

The citizens of the former Soviet-bloc countries of "new Europe" think much differently about freedom and democracy. They survived one Marxist utopia and I think that at least a few generations must evolve before they're dumb enough to allow another.