[titanomachy]

True, I don’t have the right to vote in the place where I live, so that definitely reduces my incentive to engage in news.

But out of friends who engage in news it’s disproportionately at the global and nation level, so I don’t think they are really optimizing for civil engagement.

[johnnyo]

Voting is just one way people engage in the political process.

[titanomachy]

I live in a country that tends to deport noncitizens who “engage in the political process”, unless it’s in support of the incumbent government.