Talk:Timocracy

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Ownership of property to participate in government? I was under the impression that Timocracy occurred when pluto ideal state of aristocracy became eroded by the military.-anggarda

This article should not be redirected from Thetes, it needs its own page. ———————— Thetes Thetes is a social class in Ancient Athens (and Greece??) - and should not re-direct to this page on Timocracy - a Political System. The Thetes as a class predates the reforms of Solon. I mention this becaus this article is not really on Timocracy - the political system - but an essay on Solon's reforms and their similarity to a Timocratic system.

It is debatable whether or not Solon intended to create a pure Timocracy - certianly Athens evolved into a Democracy, while Solon's reforms opened poltitical power to "rich" citizens - power that previously was the presserve of the Aristocracy.

The best example of a pure Timocracy must be Ancient Massalia (Marseille) which was rulled by 600 Timocrats selected by co-option from the city's richest citizens. To be selected each had have sufficient wealth, be married and have living children. Jalipa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.238.50.136 (talk) 11:36, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Old South as Timocracy
I think that the Old South of the United States was an example of timocracy because—besides the hill-dwellers, or sand-hillers of the Appalachian foothills—because their society was almost completely based on who had the largest plantation. There was also a principle known as the "code of chivalry" or "cult of honor" based on the ideal of gallant knights and pretty women. However, this was not necessarily a form of government—but, in a way, this entrenched society of plantation owners largely controlled the South's respective state governments. (Discussed in Alan Brinkley, American History: A Survey" and its condensed form "An Unfinished Nation, in the chapter entitled "Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South" [ch. 11]). What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshuajohnson555 (talk • contribs) 01:36, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Strange capitalisation
What's with this capitalisation? "In Plato's Politics, a state in which Love of wealth, Property and power are the Guiding principles of the rulers" Is there a purpose to it I don't understand, or should it be normalised? 607 (talk) 12:27, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

comment - United States section
New Jersey is listed twice, the second should be included into the first (I suppose, but I don't know the context of 1807) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:1743:1100:7D2A:BA48:D64A:57E1 (talk) 04:13, 3 February 2022 (UTC)