Daily 3- Week 4

Was Athens really a 'democracy'?


I think Athens wasn't truly a democracy. In a democracy, the people get to choose their leaders. In Athens, leaders weren't truly chosen. Once a new leader came into office, sooner or later another up-coming leader would come along and throw that leader out of office and take over. Sure, many people favored the new leaders when they over-threw the other leaders. But, no one usually voted for their leaders. There were times when leaders were elected by the people, but most of the time it was usually who could over throw the current leader became the new leader. This doesn't make Athens a democracy.