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In today's world, a direct democracy is only workable at the smallest local level. Why is such a government not possible at the state and national level?
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Too many people at the state and national level.
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Our form of democracy is an indirect, or representative, democracy. How does it differ from the kind of democracy practiced in Athens?
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Citizens elect representatives to make the laws for everyone to follow.
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In what ways was Athens not a true democracy?
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Only men who owned land could be part of the government. Non-landowning men, slaves and women as well as outsiders were excluded.
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