minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•At the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 hours 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. linkfedilink
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.