It would definitely have a positive, embolding effect due it increases the inclusion and participation of traditionally unfranchised communities left out of the national conversation without a voice for a long time, guaranteeing their presence at a brader level with content more in tune with their regular experiences, which will also allow to generate income from markets that were ignored in the past, generating new employment and positively expanding the economy, which will retrofeed itself due to a diversity improvement by boosting more options for diverse audiences.
The primary obligation that Pericles believed Athenian citizens had to the state was to vote, since Athens was a "direct democracy" in which all eligible citizens could vote directly on legislation.