Athenian democracy initiated western democratic politics and was the source of western democratic politics. A paper on the Internet wrote: Take American constitutionalism as an example to discuss the practical significance of Athenian democracy. Many of these viewpoints have proved the significance of Athenian democracy to modern democracy, such as: the principle of "separation of powers and checks and balances"-modern capitalist countries generally adopt the principle of separation of powers and set up state institutions with "separation of powers"; The principle of "everyone is equal before the law"-this is a universal principle of democratic politics in modern society, which is widely adopted by countries of whatever nature and regime; The principle of "sovereignty belongs to the people"-sovereignty belongs to the people or sovereignty belongs to the monarch, which is an important criterion to measure the democracy and autocracy of a country and a political power.

Pool; Other principles, such as Athens collective leadership principle, the principle that the minority is subordinate to the majority, the principle of taking turns to govern, the principle of freedom, and the principle of serving the society. It is also the universal principle of democratic politics in human society today. Today, we are all following its wisdom. Although its democratic politics is not thorough, it is great that it can put forward democracy and provide a model for the modern democratic political system in that era when the exploitation system was prevalent.