Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: April 17, 2024, 03:21:35 am »"This is of course a genuine anti democratic position"
I would say it is trying to return democracy to its early US form:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_States
and then making it even stricter. Aristotle would probably approve of this too, therefore I would not call it anti-democratic.
"those who don't pay taxes (which would eliminate the hubristic plebians)"
Plenty of hubristic plebians pay taxes.
"Of course, the eventual goal is to eliminate all but the noble few, among which the best candidate would be chosen as the monarch."
But even the monarch would not be chosen based on majority decision. That's the important part.
I would say it is trying to return democracy to its early US form:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_States
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1789: The Constitution grants the states the power to set voting requirements. Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying white males (about 6% of the population).[14]
and then making it even stricter. Aristotle would probably approve of this too, therefore I would not call it anti-democratic.
"those who don't pay taxes (which would eliminate the hubristic plebians)"
Plenty of hubristic plebians pay taxes.
"Of course, the eventual goal is to eliminate all but the noble few, among which the best candidate would be chosen as the monarch."
But even the monarch would not be chosen based on majority decision. That's the important part.