Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
Then the simple solution is:

Vote for him. That's all I ask. We have a democracy, we elect our rulers. If you want a King, fine, put it up for a vote, if 51% of the country agrees with you, then all will be good, won't it? If not, well, that's simply the will of the people.
That's silly. Why would my opinions on who should be in power depend on the butcher or the barber or the taxi driver from 5 towns away? That makes no sense. And how qualified is the taxi driver anyway to decide who is the best person to represent the country's interests?

I think that voting should definitely be weighted if allowed at all, and it definitely should not be universal. Voting, after all is a privilege, not a right.

Just because I'm born somewhere doesn't give me the right to decide the political will of that country anymore than it gives me the right to decide the political will of its neighbours, specially if I don't have the insight to make a good decision.