> The Romans also had mechanisms to, in practice, suppress the political power of descendants of slaves; in practice almost all freedmen went into one of the urban tribes (the very wealthy could buy into a rural tribe), making their votes largely irrelevant, for instance. It's reasonable to view New World slavery as a special evil, but Roman slavery was Pretty Bad, too.
Those mechanisms sound a lot like present day gerrymandering[1][2] coupled with redlining[3][2].
Those mechanisms sound a lot like present day gerrymandering[1][2] coupled with redlining[3][2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering_in_the_United_S...
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpamjJtXqFI
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining#Racial_segregation_i...
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2roWLzrqOjQ