> The nation was based on the notion that property ownership gives individuals a stake in the system. That notion presumably had something to do with why, in a

> The nation was based on the notion that property ownership gives individuals a stake in the system. That notion presumably had something to do with why, in a nation with a population of well over 5 million, fewer than 40,000 people participated in the first US Presidential election. Everyone who lives in the country has a stake in the system, by virtue of the fact that they are subject to its laws and their lives are impacted by its policies.