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“Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor.” -Aristotle
Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. This type of democracy is know as a direct democracy, however the form of government that citizens exercise the same right not in person but through elected representatives is known as a representative democracy. Today in the United States of America we have a representative democracy in which we appoint “representatives” through election. The founders of democracy in Athens exercised decisions through a direct democracy in which all male citizens were allowed to have direct influence on the decisions. Although in the United States today we accept democracy as a form of life it had its early beginnings in the city-states of Ancient Greece. The form of government known as democracy had its early roots in Ancient Greece but its influence has a direct connection with the type of government we have today in the United States.
The Greek city-states of antiquity did
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Madison, James, and Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. With this new right, many citizens took an active part in their state affairs and ruled. People lifestyles had changed from the tyrannical ways of dominance to the freedom of living undisciplined without the control of anybody.
“The effect is…to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations. Simple majority of those present, and everyone present was given the ability to participate by taking the floor reached the act of making decisions. Although in its inception by the founders of government only males were able to participate in the political aspects of life; we have transgressed to include all citizens. When people revolted against their master’s power they did so to not to simply destroy power of the tyrant but to appropriate the power in their own interests. Many tyrants of the Greek culture, similar to the those of the oligarchy, had incredible wealth. This discontent of the majority of the people made way for the form of government called a tyranny. An oligarchy is the rule of the city-state by a selected few usually consisting of wealthy landowners.
Within the Athenian democracy there was no separation of class, even the lowest and poorest citizen shared in freedom and power of the government.
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