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.
Hvad var mere vedkommende, og fortsat er det, om oldtidens Athenske demokrati var inklusionen af de fattige arbejdende, som ikke blot fik ytringsfrihed, men mere vigtigt, afgørende, de fik retten til politiske vurderinger som var givet lige vægt i beslutningstagningen vedrørende statsanliggende.