Alobarap@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agoThe GOP Is Done with Democracywww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down19
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minus-squareGivingEuropeASpook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·2 years agoDemocratic 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.
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.