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Some Athenians were critical of their democracy. What were they most critical of, and why did these aspects of the system bother them the most?

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Answer: Athenian democracy was discriminatory.

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Modern critics of Athenian democracy point out that it was only a prototype of modern democratic systems. There is a lot of criticism of the ancient Athenian democracy, primarily because only Athenian citizens older than thirty could participate.

Athenian democracy also had critics among the ancient Greeks. The great Greek philosophers and thinkers Aristotle and Plato pointed out that the poor, who are numerous with democracy, endanger the rich layer of the population, which is smaller. Many Athenians believed that ordinary people were qualified to rule and could make numerous mistakes. Thucydides pointed out that people are too gullible to impose democracy on them.

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