but they will never be the majority of the poleis.

应运而生然而大多数的城邦却不是民主的
Your typical polis will be a kind of

典型的城邦是由
a Hanson farmer outfit, where people from that class and up,

汉森这样的农民建立起来的
will participate in politics, will be the governing bodies in their state,

上层阶级的参政政府由他们组成
they will be the ones who continue to fight

他们作为步兵保卫城邦
in that infantry that is decisive for the state,

这对城邦的稳固是决定性的
and they will be the ones who make decisions,

他们才是真正的决策者
and the people poorer than them will be excluded.

下层阶级的人均被排除在外
So, it's very important to realize

所以我们要正确地认识到
that these family farmers, who are successful,

这些富有的农场主
do not necessarily lead to democracy.

并非会带来共和之火
Indeed, I want to emphasize again,

实际上我想强调一下