I have to agree, it's a very strange reasoning. They are comparing the system to today which is a ridiculous comparison, it was 2500 years ago! The system was s

I have to agree, it's a very strange reasoning. They are comparing the system to today which is a ridiculous comparison, it was 2500 years ago! The system was still better than its rival Sparta and far better than the 30 tyrants Sparta installed in Athens after the war. The author seems to confuse the aspirational ideal with Athens as its stand in embodiment with actual desire to implement the details of the Athenian state. No one wants to remake Athens as it was, its a figurehead for nebulaus concepts.