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[โ€“] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This was less important to him than making sure only wealthy, educated, white men could vote. The unwashed masses were never intended to vote on anything federal beyond House of Representatives.

[โ€“] xenoclast@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Exactly. If you're reading this, you aren't the person he wanted involved in running the country.

Maybe instead of jerking off old dead white guys, we could do something now.