Purist democracy will always fail. The US was founded with limited voting rights in mind - universal suffrage was the death knell. In the modern corrupted system, simply reverting to land ownership would be insufficient, but for the time period it was much better.

In modern day I'd suggest a starship troopers style system of franchise only being earned through potentially deadly personal civic service.

Purist democracy will always fail. The US was founded with limited voting rights in mind - universal suffrage was the dearh knell. In the modern corrupted system, simply reverting to land ownership would be insufficient, but for the time period it was much better.

In modern day I'd suggest a starship troopers style system of franchise only being earned through potentially deadly personal civic service.