top | item 33275023 (no title) cee_el123 | 3 years ago Could it have anything to do with the fact that the UK is a much older democracy ? ( the first English parliament was called in 1295 ) discuss order hn newest kibwen|3 years ago Parliament itself is that old, but it's possible to argue that the UK didn't qualify as a democracy until the Reform Acts of the 1800s (and possible to argue against it too, of course). lostlogin|3 years ago Is a country a democracy if people are blocked from voting because they are female?Obviously democracy is a sliding scale, but what was in place in the 1800s had a lot of headroom.
kibwen|3 years ago Parliament itself is that old, but it's possible to argue that the UK didn't qualify as a democracy until the Reform Acts of the 1800s (and possible to argue against it too, of course). lostlogin|3 years ago Is a country a democracy if people are blocked from voting because they are female?Obviously democracy is a sliding scale, but what was in place in the 1800s had a lot of headroom.
lostlogin|3 years ago Is a country a democracy if people are blocked from voting because they are female?Obviously democracy is a sliding scale, but what was in place in the 1800s had a lot of headroom.
kibwen|3 years ago
lostlogin|3 years ago
Obviously democracy is a sliding scale, but what was in place in the 1800s had a lot of headroom.