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		tnecniv on July 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful? Depends on your definition of aristocracy. Remember, you used to have land to be able to vote.

ameister14 on July 12, 2018 [–]

You're right, that did limit enfranchisement. That was gone well before the Civil War, though. That would be an unusual definition of aristocracy, but I get it. By the same token, we currently limit the vote to people over 18 that are citizens. Are we currently aristocrats?

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