This is correct. It was only the aristocracy that had the privilege of voting in the Athenian democracy. One, but hardly the most glaring, problem that sparked Socrates’ criticism of the system, and Plato to offer the Republican system in his dialogues as an alternative.

However, all systems will fail without a virtuous society.

This is correct. It was only the aristocracy that had the privilege of voting in the Athenian democracy. One, but hardly the most glaring, problem that sparked Socrate’s criticism of the system, and Plato to offer the Republican system in his dialogues as an alternative.

However, all systems will fail without a virtuous society.