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To: ahhaha who wrote (7852)	3/22/2006 1:42:23 PM
From: SGJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

Spartan democracy. Have you forgotten the ephors? The ephors moved the Spartan diarchy in the direction of republic. Cite your reference. Athenian democracy was nothing more than mob rule. That's why they lost wars and eventually disappeared. Athenians had a pure democracy. I don't recommend it at all. Its tyranny of the majority. But the term mob rule suggests nihilism, which Athenian democracy was not. In order to be eligible to vote you had to be an Athenian born freeman. If you passed the test you voted on everything. Diebold would have loved it. As to Alexander, his empire eventually disappeared as well. I prefer Jeffersonian democracy which Jefferson held was based more on the style of democracy of Sparta. You are a liberal then. Classical of course. It always has struck a chord with me too, especially the freemans vote. He was extremely wise too on his views of church and state. (Va. Statute for Religious Freedom) I don't see the close connection to Spartan government though. For one thing, Sparta had no judicial branch. So they had to cooperate in a minimal way which has evolved, after 2000 years, into what we now call democracy. In the interim there were only kingdoms. Autocratic governments are good for building the military to take over large pieces of real estate and subjugate its inhabitants. As you move across the spectrum toward pure democracy, economies, arts and trade seem to flourish. Every form involves trade offs.