> rich people were excluded from the political process entirely. Found a few comprehensive references to Athenian democracy, including http://www.stoa.org/demo

> rich people were excluded from the political process entirely. Found a few comprehensive references to Athenian democracy, including http://www.stoa.org/demos/article_democracy_development@page=all&greekEncoding=UnicodeC.html http://www.stoa.org/demos/article_democracy_development@page... I can't find anything across any source confirming your point, and in fact, it at one point used to be the exact opposite.