WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.en.wikipedia.orgWoodScientist@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMakes a sense in a pre-industrial pre-citizenship world. The broad idea is that you establish that the people voting on things are members of the community to be impacted. That way you don’t have transient people impacting the outcomes of elections.
Makes a sense in a pre-industrial pre-citizenship world. The broad idea is that you establish that the people voting on things are members of the community to be impacted. That way you don’t have transient people impacting the outcomes of elections.