| > Why should the power of your vote depend on where you choose to lay your head down at night? Should that same philosophy apply globally? Should you be able to vote in a country where you don't live? You may live in the United States, but if each state were a different country, wouldn't it make more sense that your vote carry more weight in your own country than others? Obviously, we think of countries as being on a completely different level, but the Unites States was originally set up to be a group of states with a great deal of autonomy, united only by a relatively weak federal government. In that context, the president of the United States should be regarded as a president of the states, not a president of the people. It certainly matters globally where you choose to lay your head down at night, just as it matters in which state you lay your head down at night, and that's by design. If you don't care for your state's laws, you should be able to find a state the matches your ideals without having to leave the country. The president's power should therefore be removed by a layer of geographical abstraction from the people - it serves only to make limited decisions that affect all the states in a very limited way. |