I've been thinking about voting rights a lot. I've come down firmly on the side of, "if you're not from there, you don't get a vote." I'm also potentially on the side of, "if at least one of your parents aren't from there, you don't get a vote."

If I move to, say Japan, I should never get to vote. Period. If I have a kid with a Japanese woman, my kid could vote. If a couple moved to Japan and had a kid, that kid would not be able to vote. Similarly, if I move to Montana from Washington, I don't get to vote in Montana elections, but would obviously be able to vote in federal elections. If I move from Seattle to Cle Elum, I don't get to vote in local elections, but do get to vote in state and federal elections.

I think voting should be tied to generational occupancy. If you don't want your family to live somewhere for multiple generations, or if you want to move away from where your family is from -- fine. But you don't get to vote. For 2 generations.

I know the entire system is probably unworkable. Maybe there could be exceptions for moving from areas of similar population size within the same state/country. I dunno. But it would help solve the problem of rootless cosmopolitans overwhelming smaller communities after they fuck up the cities they come from.