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083. Ancient Athenian Democracy and Plato -- Good in Theory Crossover with Clif Mark

Everyday Anarchism

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Universal Citizensuffrage: A History of Democracy

The idea of universal manhood suffrage is a pretty recent thing in the Western world. Up until really recently, most people who are writing about politics and thinking about politics hated the idea of democracy. And so it was very intentional to exclude poor people from having a vote or having a political say.

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