> That's also what ancient Athenian democracy was Athenian democracy was far worse: ~15% of the population was hereditary uncitizens (metics) with almost no ri

> That's also what ancient Athenian democracy was Athenian democracy was far worse: ~15% of the population was hereditary uncitizens (metics) with almost no rights, ~40% were slaves with zero rights, women and children from citizen families had very limited rights of their own, so the Athenian democracy was really democracy for the ~12% of the population who were adult citizen males.