In ancient Greece, once a year the Athenians would vote on which citizen they would like to see banned (they coined the term ostricised) for life from Athens. You didn't have to do anything wrong in particular, you were just the least desireable. This kept the citizenry self conscience over their conduct within the community. Not that bad of an idea, but.................
Well, what happened was that the most known citizens would get banned because people simply knew their name. This is what happened to Themistoklis. He saved Athens from the Persians and then gets banned for life. The citizenry felt that since they owed him such a great debt, he got too big for his britches hehehehehehe

So they booted him.

I don't know whay I posted this, but I thought it was in theme
