First of all, the benefits of Athens' political system
1. innovation: it provides a new form of collective management for mankind, creates a democratic operation mode, and accumulates valuable experience for the development of democratic politics in later generations.
2. Advantages: Most people make decisions to make the problem more comprehensive; Most public officials are elected and supervised by the masses, which reduces the possibility of abusing power for personal gain.
3. Civilization progress: it promoted the development of cultural undertakings and made Greek civilization an important civilization center in the ancient west and even the whole world.
Second, the disadvantages of Athens' political system
1, only for citizens, not citizens, such as foreign immigrants, slaves and citizens of other countries, who have no democratic rights.
2. Democracy for male citizens.
3. All public offices are elected by lots. This kind of alternating rule is very likely to lead to extreme democratization and the decline of democracy.
Democracy in Athens is based on slavery, which is essentially a tool for the slave owners' class led by the industrial and commercial slave owners in Athens to exercise dictatorship over slaves and non-citizens. In the final analysis, it serves the overall economic interests of the slave owner class and is the democracy of the slave owner free class. This limited class democracy determines that this democracy has great limitations and narrowness.
Revelation:
On the positive side: the theory and practice of Athenian democracy laid the initial foundation for the development of modern western democratic political system. The great pioneering work of democracy in Athens has accumulated valuable experience for the development of democratic politics in later generations, and the space created by the democratic atmosphere has made Athens achieve brilliant achievements in the spiritual and cultural fields.
2. The negative side is that democracy is incomplete, not in the present sense. Athenian democracy is the product of small countries and few people, and it is a political system of "adult male citizens are masters of their own affairs". Democracy has been popularized, and Athenian democracy is the product of small countries and few people. Excessive direct democracy has become a hidden danger of political corruption and social unrest. It is not only a catalyst of great civilization, but also a violent machine of social injustice.