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Re:How India’s massive 2019 election will work by kmonsen on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:16AM (#19490242)
This is really close to the Roman concept of plebs and patricians, or patreons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronage_in_ancient_Rome
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Re:How India’s massive 2019 election will work by KorematsuFred on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:15PM (#19505536)
That is an excellent observation. People and societies are more or less very similar all across the world. The details might vary but the main motivations are more or less same.
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