One man, one vote. He is the man, and he has the vote.

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One man, one vote. He is the man, and he has the vote.
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Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

— Terry Pratchett, Mort

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I was hoping someone would catch the reference :p

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My mind instantly went there <3

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Always love seeing a Discworld quote in the wild. There’s so many good ones.

GNU Terry Pratchett

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Explanation: Under feudal systems, most established and best defined (though as with all things in academia, contested) in medieval Europe, power is held by a small group of unelected hereditary nobility who rule over lower-ranking vassals, some of whom, themselves, have vassals under them.

However, some feudal systems DID have elections! Some even for electing the monarch himself!

… wherein only the highest nobility would actually have a vote.

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@PugJesus See: the "Holy" "Roman" "Empire"

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neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

-Voltaire

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I like doing North Korea mode in Crusader Kings. My thralls must vote for me because they are all behind bars.

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