Correct, voting never worked and contrary to popular opinion Athens sucked and the Romans had a tiered voting system in which only the Patrician voted.
It appears to have always been the case - if you control who votes, then voting doesn't matter.
Democracy always just becomes plutocracy. It’s just not a good system at all. Nothing fucking happens and it’s too easy to subvert and buy up politicians. With universal suffrage it’s an absolute nightmare. With universal suffrage and multiethnic “nation?” It’s beyond retarded. With all of that and modern tech that can pretty much be used to brainwash you through media and algorithm control? It’s just a joke.
Playing the crass, devils-advocate; that would also be a great way to have a portion of the lemming population willingly follow your recommendations to their death.
Build a bridge to a cliff, walk off cliff. And so it goes.
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