Flying Squid to Political Weirdos • 3 months agoApartheid weirdo says the quiet part out loudimagemessage-square185arrow-up11.02Karrow-down115file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•3 months ago~ Representative yes, but it doesn’t say WHO can be the representatives. You can entirely design a system where only rich men could be representatives. In fact, the wikipedia article says: In many historical republics, representation has been based on personal status and the role of elections has been limited
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months ago Representative yes, but it doesn’t say WHO can be the representatives. You can entirely design a system where only rich men could be representatives. Indeed. Not even who can vote. In many historical republics, representation has been based on personal status and the role of elections has been limited Most if not all historical democracies, whether direct or representative ones, allowed at most only half of population to vote.
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Representative yes, but it doesn’t say WHO can be the representatives. You can entirely design a system where only rich men could be representatives.
In fact, the wikipedia article says:
Indeed. Not even who can vote.
Most if not all historical democracies, whether direct or representative ones, allowed at most only half of population to vote.