Direct democracy also means pure democracy. In this kind of government,
the participating citizens take part in voting directly on legislation and
executive bills. However, this was not applicable to all. One has to be an adult
and a male citizen owning a land
Well, there's no way to change the way people feel about others. There isn't really any way to stop the discrimination in general. This has been going on for centuries. The only thing we can do is start teaching our offspring or the future generation that skin tone or the history of people's racial group doesn't matter. Maybe that's how this could stop, or decrease at least, and more schools need to teach this.
"This is just my opinion."
No, they could never agree on anything no matter where they were.
The main policy changed between presidents but a lot of it was containment of the spread of communism and some intervention against soviet backed coups such as Vietnam and places in Africa such as the Congo and the third was supporting EE countries and leave them open for influence by western powers and democratic powers
The acient sumerian kingdoms built their most important temples outside of the main city