CLA232H1 Lecture : Monday March 19.docx
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These elites in masses were distinguished by the masses from their superior birth. They could trace their birth down to famous gods. All the athenians think of themselves as elite because they are born from the land. Thought of themselves as elite by fuses but some were more elite than others. Within these democracies huge disparities in wealth and also there is an elite of education. If you are poor born but your country has an elite education system you can become rich. Public education is huge to overcome economic inequality. Political power came from being able to speak will in front of the demos and persuasive them of your point of view. The elite would become the rulers of athens- there was this fear. The fear that athens would be an oligarchy- oligoi. They institute equality of property and sex and institute it through the law. Political equality is jeopardized if you do not have economic equality.
