Re: R: Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

Nik Taylor wrote:

> John Cowan wrote:
> > This reminds me of my pet idea: allocate a bunch of new electoral votes
> > for citizens of other nations.  After all, who is President of the U.S.
> > affects everyone on the planet.
>
> True, but that would make them essentially part of the US, and that
> would only make sense if they also followed US laws and paid taxes, etc.
Why so?  Until 1961, Washington residents paid taxes but didn't vote
for President, so what's wrong with the converse?

> Besides, what about enemies?  Would we really want an enemy having a say
> in who's President?!  I don't know of any case of a nation wherein OTHER
> nations have a say in who rules it, with the exception of vassal states.
True.  But we have never lived in a world with one superpower and a bunch
of other nations before, either.

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