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To be fair, even current representative democracies are a far cry from Athenian democracy.

We've just decided our system is the same "in spirit".

Well, yes; for a start, in modern ones nearly everyone gets to vote. Only about 10% of Athenian residents could vote.

Things were much better in the good old days. Before the commoners ruined everything /s

What'd they improve?