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Direct democracy has flaws, we do have another system: representative democracy. The Greeks were certainly wise, but my main point is this is not untrod ground
by aaron-lebo 9y ago
Direct democracy has flaws, we do have another system: representative democracy.
The Greeks were certainly wise, but my main point is this is not untrod ground, we've got at least 2000 years of experience to draw from.
- emodendroket 9y agoAthenian democracy also frankly looks pretty different from direct democracy as is being proposed in this thread since it was made possible by the existence of slaves who did not participate. The Greeks were wise (or I guess we should say the ones whose writings we still read) but they were humans and products of their time.