In the run-up to the 2020 election, some Americans are increasingly worried about the immense power that wealth plays in the country’s democracy. Those concerns would not have surprised Americans in 1776 — they assumed that property and political power were intertwined. Indeed, one had to own property to vote, although in America (unlike England) landholding was widespread and therefore most free men could vote.
How The Civil War Changed The Way Americans Thought About Economic Inequality
Daniel R. Mandell, Time
Tue, 04/07/2020 - 11:00am
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