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Of particular interest and special emphasis will be the rise and fall of the first democratic government in the West – ancient Athens. The importance of understanding the fate of ancient Athens is that the first democracy’s trials and tribulations were remarkably like our own, and, in fact, remarkably like those of other democracies that have come and gone from the stage of history.
Perhaps there are inherent in this most peculiar form of government certain flaws that tend to wreak havoc with the system itself. And if such flaws are systemic, then certainly by now those living in democracies would be on guard against them.
But, then again, perhaps the most difficult lesson to learn from history is how difficult it is to learn from history.
There are some stark differences between the democracy of ancient Athens and our own. The most obvious is that theirs was a “