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To be fair, even current representative democracies are a far cry from Athenian democracy. We've just decided our system is the same "in spirit".
by riffraff 3y ago
To be fair, even current representative democracies are a far cry from Athenian democracy.
We've just decided our system is the same "in spirit".
- rsynnott 3y agoWell, yes; for a start, in modern ones nearly everyone gets to vote. Only about 10% of Athenian residents could vote.
- scarby2 3y agoThings were much better in the good old days. Before the commoners ruined everything /s
- piuantiderp 3y agoWhat'd they improve?
- AlgorithmicTime 3y ago[dead]