Editing Deliberative democracy (section)

=== Early examples ===
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Consensus-based decision making similar to deliberative democracy has been found in different degrees and variations throughout the world going back millennia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Priestland |first=David |date=2021-10-23 |title=The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow review – inequality is not the price of civilisation |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/23/the-dawn-of-everything-by-david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-review-inequality-is-not-the-price-of-civilisation |access-date=2023-07-10 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The most discussed early example of deliberative democracy arose in Greece as [[Athenian democracy]] during the sixth century BC. Athenian democracy was both ''deliberative'' and largely ''direct'': some decisions were made by representatives but most were made by "the people" directly. Athenian democracy came to an end in 322 BC. Even some 18th century leaders advocating for [[representative democracy]] mention the importance of deliberation among elected representatives.{{sfn|Burke|1854|pp=446–448}}{{sfn|Elster|1998|loc=Chapter 1}}{{sfn|Elster|1998|loc=Chapter 10}}