Athenian Democracy
Ideology of the classical polis, advocating direct popular sovereignty through assembly and sortition among equal citizens, while reserving citizenship to a hereditary minority, excluding women, foreigners and slaves.
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Ideology of the classical polis, advocating direct popular sovereignty through assembly and sortition among equal citizens, while reserving citizenship to a hereditary minority, excluding women, foreigners and slaves.
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I want a polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men.
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Our Athenian Democracy model centers on polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men. That core does not specify the constitutional allocation of power between territorial units and a center. Administrative centralization, social equality and opposition to the state are different claims from a federal constitution.

Our Athenian Democracy definition includes “advocating direct popular sovereignty through assembly and sortition among equal citizens”. Popular decision-making and recall bear on democratic authorization; restricted membership can still limit who participates.

Our Athenian Democracy model centers on polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men. That core does not specify the permissible use of public coercion versus protected personal autonomy. The form of government does not alone establish the extent of surveillance, repression or civil liberty.

Our Athenian Democracy definition includes “while reserving citizenship to a hereditary minority, excluding women, foreigners and slaves”. Membership defined by ancestry, exclusion or compulsory cultural integration bears on assimilation and unequal inclusion.

Our Athenian Democracy model centers on polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men. That core does not specify the political role of organized armed force and acceptance of war. Domestic coercion, economic state intervention and national pride do not by themselves establish militarism or pacifism.

Our Athenian Democracy model centers on polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men. That core does not specify coercive foreign projection into other peoples or states. This axis concerns foreign intervention, not nationalism, domestic regulation, cultural confidence or military preparedness alone.

Our Athenian Democracy model centers on polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men. That core does not specify ownership of productive assets, land and enterprises. Welfare spending, moral solidarity and expert administration do not by themselves abolish or privatize productive ownership.

Our Athenian Democracy model centers on polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men. That core does not specify how production and allocation are coordinated through plans or decentralized exchange. Public ownership can coexist with markets, and private firms can operate under directed planning.

Our Athenian Democracy definition includes “advocating direct popular sovereignty through assembly and sortition among equal citizens”. Sovereignty or locally rooted production supplies protection-oriented context, but specific tariff and capital rules remain model assumptions.

Our Athenian Democracy model centers on polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men. That core does not specify whether public rules and political authority are grounded in religious doctrine. Personal faith, atheism, religious identity and rejection of a state do not alone establish the source of public rules.

Our Athenian Democracy model centers on polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men. That core does not specify public attitudes toward inherited customs, family, gender and social change. Economic redistribution, technological novelty and a religious affiliation do not uniquely determine every moral position.


Our Athenian Democracy model centers on polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men. That core does not specify the priority given to technological transformation versus ecological or bodily limits. Historical age, rural life and scientific reasoning do not by themselves establish acceptance or rejection of all technology.

Leans further toward globalism than 93% of the 250 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.

On Economy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.

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