1 is the democracy of male citizens. It promoted the political, economic and cultural prosperity of Athens, but also restricted the rights and development of another part of society. It is a catalyst of great civilization and a violent machine to maintain social injustice on the basis of exploiting and oppressing non-Athenian citizens.
2. It is the democracy of small countries and few people. Managers need to have both ability and political integrity and public prestige, but the way of drawing lots and taking turns to sit in the village means that people with low quality also enjoy the right to participate in and discuss state affairs. "Tao pian exile law" is an extreme democracy, which leads to the indulgence of anarchism. Individual careerists confuse people under the banner of democracy, making democracy a tool for individuals to fight for power and profit.
This is the privileged democracy of slave owners. Because it is based on slavery, it is essentially a tool for slave owners to exercise dictatorship over slaves and non-citizens. This determines that it has a huge narrowness: most slaves lost their freedom and did not enjoy civil rights, so they could not participate in political activities.
4. This is a narrow democracy. Even democracy within freemen is superficial to some extent. In Pericles' era, the total number of citizens who enjoyed rights was about 30,000-35,000, and the number of people attending the citizens' assembly was usually no more than 3,000.
In order to make a living, farmers and craftsmen often can't attend a citizen meeting every 10 day, so their ability to express their will and influence government decision-making is greatly weakened. The slave owners monopolized the position of ten generals and manipulated domestic and foreign policies. 10 generals can be re-elected, which leads to the situation that generals control the government.
5. Foreign hegemony weakens democracy. After the Greek-Persian War, the Tyrol League established with other Greek city-states and its leading position in the League were used to control and exploit the countries in the League. Control the vault of the alliance and collect tribute from the alliance. A considerable part of the financial expenditure in the Peloponnesian War depended on this tribute. Conduct military immigration and expropriate land from allies.