Perspective: Why diversity is vital to keeping American democracy healthy
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , left, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib listen during a House Oversight and Reform Committee meeting on Capitol Hill in February. By Thomas R. Martin Thomas R. Martin is Jeremiah W. O’Connor Jr. professor in the department of classics at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. April 14 Growing economic inequality is fueling controversy over what this disparity means for the world’s future.
This fleet required tens of thousands of nonelite citizens willing to risk their lives by rowing their warships to ram enemy vessels. A healthy population of nonelite Athenians, joined by immigrants and slaves, was also essential to provide day laborers to load, unload and transport the enormous quantities of goods flowing in and out of Athens’ thriving ports.
It was in this tense atmosphere that the playwright Aristophanes presented the comedy “Congresswomen,” a raucous and radical reimagining of how sharing wealth could transform Athenian society. Comedies with fantastic plots were popular entertainment in Athens. Financed with public funds and presented to audiences of 10,000 to 15,000 people, they frequently engaged contemporary political issues.
There never was an actual proposal for economic communalism in Athens. But the play’s theme reflected the Athenians’ genuine worry about how economic inequality undermines social harmony. This decision in favor of sharing for the common good not only helped the Athenians repulse Persian attacks , it also made possible their rise to prominence and prosperity on an international scale.
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