• mindbleach@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Athenian democracy didn’t even exist in Athens. Representation has always been part of democracy. They’re not mutually exclusive or even distinct. Democratic governance requires government. Stop fucking this particular chicken.

    • GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Democratic governance for whom?

      A privileged few, elected by a similarly privileged citizenry, wielded political authority through a monopoly on the force of violence. Ancient Athens for the poor, for women, and for non-Greeks was a dictatorship.