Criteria: SKIN IN THE GAME
You must be a property owner and pay taxes, or serve in the military.
You must be a property owner and pay taxes, or serve in the military.
Robert Heinlein proposed that no one who had not served in the military could be a citizen, and thus vote.
This would be a hell of a lot different country if that were the case. I suspect we'd have a lot less likely to try to be the world's policeman if that were the case.