> who wanted to keep voting rights for their class This is true, but a less cynical read would be that this was a side-effect, and what they were aiming for wa

> who wanted to keep voting rights for their class This is true, but a less cynical read would be that this was a side-effect, and what they were aiming for was reserving the act of voting for only those who were informed, educated, etc. Land ownership was a rough proxy for that. I’m not so sure it’s a bad idea to restrict voting, but the problem is, no one wants to be the one left out, and someone will always be disenfranchised.