thats unfair. If they had had modern elements in 930, they'd have been modern then :) Beware of the 'No True Scotsman' fallacy. (Where you define a thing so that only that what you want fits).
Maybe Switzerland is a contender, but I'm not sure if their democracy was submerged in Napoleonic times.
Switzerland is really up there at the top - arguably I don’t think Switzerland had slavery 🤔 so everyone could really vote - it’s a first place from me anyway 🤝
I’m not entirely sure - the first reform act separated powers b/w monarch & parliament in 1832 and extended voting rights to 7% of the population. Maybe all men could vote starting 134 years ago.
Fair point, not going to argue with that cognitive trap but there are certain things that we really think of as democratic such as ‘one person, one vote’, an elected representative and so on - if those elements are missing or the separation of powers b/w monarch & parliament are not there it’s tough
Comments
But the UK was probably the oldest modern democracy with the Magna Carta.
Anyway I think I’ve opened up a can of worms. I’ll leave it to you all to prove your claims gentlemen 😁
Maybe Switzerland is a contender, but I'm not sure if their democracy was submerged in Napoleonic times.