6. Athenian Democracy

An Athenian democracy and a modern representative democracy are slightly different but do have some mutual beliefs. An Athenian would criticise the modern democracy of its right to allow women to be leaders. The Athenians would also criticize the fact that the leaders of the mdoern democracy are highly educated and get paid because that affects the decisions made and also a democracy should mean that everyone has a voice not just the highly educated people. They would approve of the fact that majority rules. I believe that the Athenians wouldnt believe in a "2 party" system like the one we have with the democrats and the republicans. The Athenians got paid just not in the beginning. I also believe that the Athenians wouldn't like the long term that the president serves ( 4 years) because maybe they would think that its to much of one persons ideas and values and that change occurs with more than one opinion.