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Democracy, even Athenian democracy, is not a feasible large-scale system and there’s a reason we have never been a democracy. Not even the inventors of democrac
by tourmalinetaco 2y ago
Democracy, even Athenian democracy, is not a feasible large-scale system and there’s a reason we have never been a democracy. Not even the inventors of democracy were democratic in the modern sense. There were heavy restrictions on who could vote and how, namely: only males, you had to be a proper citizen of Athens by birth, you had to publicly serve military, and you had to actively participate in the politics in order for your vote to count. Mob rule is what modern “democracy” is, and that’s dangerous.