[Mediterraneo10]

Thank you, this is exactly the post I was thinking of and I'm happy to have found it again. I'm sorry that your comment was unfairly downvoted beyond all others as I write this.

[pseudalopex]

Did you notice the author said he didn't have a great sense of how this era went?

[Mediterraneo10]

Whether the author's claim is right or wrong is immaterial. I was looking for the claim itself, and the OP helped me find it again.

[pseudalopex]

The strongest interpretation I can see is you thought I was responding to the part about votes. I was responding to the original claim and its source.