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> Getting to a government office was historically a barrier. That is a very good point, and something I did not include in my logic. Thanks for pointing that o
by tifik 3y ago
> Getting to a government office was historically a barrier.
That is a very good point, and something I did not include in my logic. Thanks for pointing that out.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoIt's actually wild to see, across history, how cost of travel was used as a gating mechanism. The example that comes to mind is the Roman Tribal Assembly [1]. While on paper it was egalitarian, in practice only the elites could afford to keep criss-crossing Italy to elect low-ranking Senators. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_assembly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_assembly