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He was concerned that the poor would rebel if he did not.
Pericles feels that the poor are ignorant and would not know
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All male citizens were chosen by lot to serve with pay on the council, juries, the armed forces.
According to the ancient historian Thucydides, Pericles strong-armed the democracy into his own power, essentially making Athens a democracy in name only.
No one who was poor was represented. The convention was comprised of 55 lawyers, merchants, and representatives from the states. The rich white man wrote the constitution and for the first half of this government the common man couldn't vote for elected officials nor take part in the decisions made by the government. Frankly, the "founding" fathers didn't think the common man had the education or intelligence to make such decisions.
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Rich. He was born into a well distinguished family.
He established a model democracy in which every citizen could participate. While no country has adopted such a form of government in the modern world, it has inspired many modern republics, including the United States.