Democracy?

In ancient Athens it took 6000 male citizens to make any decision for the government. These people were selected randomly.

In the U.S. today we have something like 304 million people and over 3 million of them are in prison. thats 1 in 1 hundred.

We have more people in prison than the following countries' entire population:

135	Armenia
136	Kuwait
137	Jamaica
138	Mongolia
139	Oman
140	Latvia
—	Kosovo
141	Namibia
142	Macedonia
143	Slovenia
144	Lesotho
145	Botswana
146	Gambia
147	Guinea-Bissau
148	Estonia
149	Trinidad and Tobago
150	Gabon
151	Mauritius
152	East Timor
153	Swaziland
154	Cyprus
155	Qatar
156	Djibouti
157	Fiji
—	Réunion[15]
158	Bahrain
159	Guyana
160	Comoros
161	Bhutan
162	Montenegro
—	Macau
163	Cape Verde
164	Equatorial Guinea[17]
165	Solomon Islands
166	Luxembourg
167	Western Sahara
168	Suriname
—	Guadeloupe[15]
169	Malta
—	Martinique[15]
170	Brunei
171	Bahamas
172	Iceland
173	Maldives
174	Barbados
175	Belize
—	French Polynesia[15]
—	New Caledonia[15]
176	Vanuatu
—	French Guiana[15]
177	Netherlands Antilles
178	Samoa
—	Mayotte[15]
179	Guam
180	Saint Lucia
181	São Tomé and Príncipe
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
183	U.S. Virgin Islands
184	Federated States of Micronesia
185	Grenada
186	Aruba
187	Tonga
188	Kiribati
189	Jersey
190	Seychelles
191	Antigua and Barbuda
192	Northern Mariana Islands
193	Andorra
194	Isle of Man
195	Dominica
196	American Samoa
197	Guernsey
198	Bermuda
199	Marshall Islands
200	Greenland
201	Saint Kitts and Nevis
202	Faroe Islands
203	Cayman Islands
204	Liechtenstein
—	Saint-Martin[15]
205	Monaco
206	San Marino
207	Gibraltar
208	Turks and Caicos Islands
209	British Virgin Islands
210	Cook Islands
211	Palau
—	Wallis and Futuna[15]
212	Anguilla
213	Tuvalu
214	Nauru
—	Saint-Barthélemy[15]
215	Saint Helena
—	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon[15]
216	Montserrat
217	Falkland Islands
218	Niue
219	Tokelau
220	Vatican City
221	Pitcairn Islands