What was more pertinent, and continues to be so about ancient Athenian democracy, was the inclusion of the working poor, who not only acquired the right to free speech, but more importantly, crucially, they acquired the rights to political judgments that were afforded equal weight in the decision-making concerning matters of state.
Vad som var mer relevant, och fortfarande är det när det gäller antikens demokrati i Aten, var att de fattiga arbetarna inkluderades, och de fick inte bara yttrandefrihet, utan mer avgörande fick de rätten till politiska ställningstaganden som gavs lika mycket tyngd i statens beslutsfattande.