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The history of electoralism (lemmy.ml)
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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago

Two more quirks of Athenian democracy: Only males were allowed to vote, and soldiers, mostly lower class salarymen, couldn't vote if they were in service.