WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAt the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down13
arrow-up146arrow-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 years agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years 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.