Haha, good one. Neither were democracies in the modern sense, in both cases voting right were so restrictive that large parts of the population did not matter.
Imagine a first past the post system but instead of states, you are grouped together by income.
And instead of voting simulaneously, the richest blocks votes first.
And now imagine, that 50% of the american populace gets one of 150 electors.
The vast majority of romans IN ROME never got to vote on any of the important positions.
Neither is the US. Electoral college & Gerrymandering have a similar effect. The US isn’t without reason considered to be just a flawed democracy. But it’s kinda besides the point, it’s not that Deep 🐬, just a modern pop-culture reference.
Haha, good one. Neither were democracies in the modern sense, in both cases voting right were so restrictive that large parts of the population did not matter.
Imagine a first past the post system but instead of states, you are grouped together by income.
And instead of voting simulaneously, the richest blocks votes first.
And now imagine, that 50% of the american populace gets one of 150 electors.
The vast majority of romans IN ROME never got to vote on any of the important positions.
Neither is the US. Electoral college & Gerrymandering have a similar effect. The US isn’t without reason considered to be just a flawed democracy. But it’s kinda besides the point, it’s not that Deep 🐬, just a modern pop-culture reference.