I sometimes wonder if the political system envisioned by Robert Heinlein in Starship Troopers wouldn’t be better than what we have now. Only those who served in the military were considered Citizens with full voting rights. Everyone else was a civilian. If you weren’t willing to risk your life for your country you didn’t get a say in setting government policy.
I share your thoughts. In the beginning, only the land owners or those who had the most to lose were allowed to vote.
That assured that the people voting were careful not to vote for something that would harm themselves as well as others.
These days with so many people voting with nothing to lose, we see the resulting laws and taxes aimed at the top 1% only along with those who own the business which employ those who couldn’t provide for their own employment.
Those who contribute nothing to the welfare of the country are the ones who are so eager to tax those who do contribute. Those who don’t bother to work and support themselves are the ones demanding that those who do work support them.
Today’s system is little more than Black Reparations being forced upon the middle class white population.