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Land owners were the original voters.
The rest of us plebes didn't know what to do with such capital, so we had to yield to their "superior" vote.
This is why the right to vote has been such a constant fight across the centuries.
FTFY
“Property owners” covers both and is more concise
People are never property
I mean, this is semantic. People have been treated as property. Just like land has been treated as property. Is it right? Fuck no. Let’s build a world where this is not true, but right now and historically it is