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In ancient athens it seems people were quite aware and wary of this. Aristotle considered elections a non-meritocratic, an oligarchic process. In Athens, most o
by zerostar07 8y ago
In ancient athens it seems people were quite aware and wary of this. Aristotle considered elections a non-meritocratic, an oligarchic process. In Athens, most of the offices were appointed by lot, and only some of the highest offices were elected. Worth noting that the word democracy had the meaning of "power to the many", which is different from its modern definition as "majoritocracy"
- drexlspivey 8y agoIn ancient Athens only adult male Athenian citizens who had completed their military duties were able to vote, roughly 20% of the population. This seems pretty oligarchic today but it was a massive improvement in the council of elders that used to rule before that. Historia civilis has a great video on the constitution of ancient Athens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgMTsQXg3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgMTsQXg3Q