The similarities between Athenian and American Democracy
Once a writer said, “History is not the past, but a map of the past drawn from a particular point of view to be useful to the modern traveler”(Glassie). History is a source of information that people can look up to for the modern time. History can also help to solve problems which would not be possible without it. Moreover, if people look into history there were society which created law and values that lead to the modern society. For instance, ancient Athen is one of the society which existed and it has many similarities with the U.S society.
First, The American democracy and Athenian democracy have a common quality of high prestige. These two government created their high demand by …show more content…
There were people who founded both democracy and how each of them work. According to research,
The U.S. democracy was founded by philosophical people. These people consisted of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln only to name a few. These minds were not unlike the great philosophical minds of Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato or the one of the greatest rulers of Athens, Pericles. Like Athenian philosophers and leaders (1).
These people were famous for their work and in both democracy they were thinker and leaders. They developed government for people to live in peace and find justice. In addition, The Athenian direct democracy had right to participate and vote and discuss any topic related to politics. In the U.S the state representative are elected by the citizen and the U.S government known as the representative …show more content…
In America people pay taxes for their property and income tax are taken from their salary. Also, bank make money from giving loan to the people and doing business with other countries. People pay for their health care which make the economy more stable. Therefore, there is way for the government to look after the people and we are the people who create the government. On the contrary, Athenian government had a way of looking after the people. According to a research, “Athenian government had various sources of revenues, including the mines as laurium, public lands, and taxes. Direct taxes on citizens were not the norm, but metics were taxed every year, as were imports/exports, prostitution, and the law courts brought in revenue from fines and confiscations”. Athenian had their way to give tax and participate in the
Once a writer said, “History is not the past, but a map of the past drawn from a particular point of view to be useful to the modern traveler”(Glassie). History is a source of information that people can look up to for the modern time. History can also help to solve problems which would not be possible without it. Moreover, if people look into history there were society which created law and values that lead to the modern society. For instance, ancient Athen is one of the society which existed and it has many similarities with the U.S society.
First, The American democracy and Athenian democracy have a common quality of high prestige. These two government created their high demand by …show more content…
There were people who founded both democracy and how each of them work. According to research,
The U.S. democracy was founded by philosophical people. These people consisted of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln only to name a few. These minds were not unlike the great philosophical minds of Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato or the one of the greatest rulers of Athens, Pericles. Like Athenian philosophers and leaders (1).
These people were famous for their work and in both democracy they were thinker and leaders. They developed government for people to live in peace and find justice. In addition, The Athenian direct democracy had right to participate and vote and discuss any topic related to politics. In the U.S the state representative are elected by the citizen and the U.S government known as the representative …show more content…
In America people pay taxes for their property and income tax are taken from their salary. Also, bank make money from giving loan to the people and doing business with other countries. People pay for their health care which make the economy more stable. Therefore, there is way for the government to look after the people and we are the people who create the government. On the contrary, Athenian government had a way of looking after the people. According to a research, “Athenian government had various sources of revenues, including the mines as laurium, public lands, and taxes. Direct taxes on citizens were not the norm, but metics were taxed every year, as were imports/exports, prostitution, and the law courts brought in revenue from fines and confiscations”. Athenian had their way to give tax and participate in the