• Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago

    Democracy

    Athens

    gather all members of their community

    Actually the funny bit with “Democracy” in Ancient Athens it that it was only men and only citizens (so, not slaves), a group which wasn’t even “most members of their community”, much less all of them.

    I bet whatever tribes that did it well before Athens were a lot more “Democratic”.

    • zeca@lemmy.ml
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      6 hours ago

      I guess any ruling class considers itself democratic, since everyone that doesnt get a say are also not considered actual people.