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On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 18:11:06 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> I always like Heinlein's qualified democracy. You got a vote for
> education,  a vote for owning your own house, a vote for being  a parent
> and a vote for having served in the army. Something like that.
> 
> Or if you were a junked up piece of trash on social security, you didn't
> get a vote at all.

That works. The US sort of started out that way. The problem with 
democracy, or most forms of government for that matter, is it doesn't 
scale well.