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No one and I mean no one, that is speaking about democracy is referring to ancient Greece. Everyone are referring to the current system of governments in our Western world.

Thus the word Democracy is no longer referring to some ancient system in Greece, where only 10% were alleged to vote. Only Men who were citizens and who had fulfilled their military duty.

And what about their government?

No Democracy has a new meaning now.
Raison d'État · 1w
America's Founders made constant reference to Ancient Hellenic democracies. They were not ignorant like most Americans today. They hammered together an ugly hybrid of Early-Modern bureaucratic Absolutism and ancient democracy. Its not very good, but it lasted, and its still (slightly) better than ...