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by anigbrowl 4004 days ago
I'm from Ireland but live in the US. Of course there are things I am not happy with the government about at any given time, and technically I'm not responsible for what government does in the US since I can't vote in US elections, but insofar as I support the US by living here, paying taxes, and so on, I do feel a little bit responsible even for things I disagree with. Of course individual voters have very little power and it's very difficult to actively lobby government without getting into the 'political-industrial complex'.

But in the aggregate, having political agency means you have to live with the ramifications of the electoral decisions you make in the normal course of things.