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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by brnt on Sunday June 28, 2020 @11:51AM (#23669575)
It can function that way, its however no democracy but aristocracy. You could pick up a book on this subject to brush up your knowledge.
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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by sobani on Monday June 29, 2020 @06:11AM (#23676087)
Ancient Athens had a democracy. It also had slavery. And of course women are more like children than full adults, so they're weren't allowed to vote too.

Democracy does not require Universal Suffrage.

Also fun quote from Wikipedia: In its original 19th-century usage by reformers in Britain, universal suffrage was understood to mean only universal manhood suffrage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_suffrage

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