Our Similarity To Ancient Greek Society

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have, without giving up our own independence.
In Ancient Greece, their government ‘favored the many instead of
the few’. We, too, have this philosophy. Our government is a democracy,
which is the same system that the Greeks employed. A democracy benefits
the country as a whole by allowing everyone to have an equal vote, as
opposed to only letting the wealthy participate in government. In addition
to letting the minority have the vote, the Greek government also had laws
which protected the poor from persecution or disadvantage. This is one of
the areas where we are most like the Greeks. We have similar laws
pertaining to minorities, such as foreigners and women. We have laws such
as Affirmative Action and Anti-Discrimination Laws, which prevent people
from judging others based on race or social class.
The Greek’s government also had laws referring to immigration.
While their policy was to let anyone become a citizen who wished to do so,
we have laws which ...

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