> My original comment didn’t even mention the word “vote” exercising interest means voting, when referred to modern democracies (past 200 years more or less).

> My original comment didn’t even mention the word “vote” exercising interest means voting, when referred to modern democracies (past 200 years more or less). there is no fetish about votes, it is simply what you talked about. Of course there were no votes in Greek democracies three thousands years ago, but those days have long gone.