In my opinion, yes, there are still groups who are disenfranchised and not considered as an equal source of power in our democracy. An example of these people is those in the lower class of the society. In today's setting, only the 'representatives' have power and those whom they represent do not. <span />
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The plague came from the fleas on the rats and the rats traveled through ships and merchants ship coming from other countries. Once the rats with the fleas reached a city heavily populated, mass amounts of people died because the disease was contagious. To add to that the cities were extremely dirty and had dead people everywhere.