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Better yet: don't let anyone over 60 vote, regardless of where they're from. People don't get to vote for the first 18 years of their life, i suppose because they don't know enough to do so responsibly, so why should they get to vote in the last 18 years of their life, when they evidently don't care enough to do so responsibly?

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I don't know. I think the residents here who have grandchildren and adult children who also live here are less likely to vote down any improvements.

That seems like a reasonable heuristic. I'm not really educated on the subject, but I think it has been used in the past (trust is conferred to countrymen with children, since they have skin in the game).

It fascinates me how much we hate our elderly when some societies did(/do?) consider them their most valuable minds. Are people living too long? Or maybe adults need restricted screen time too?

I am not sure who you mean by "we". I don't hate the elderly. Do you?

I think immigrant retirees to Florida are acting rationally, seeing a benefit in the free market of real estate and taxation regimes. I'm pointing out that this creates externalities and perverse incentives.

Actually... I think it comes from the "everyone fights for their own interests against others" - way of thinking. In Europe it's a bit different, I guess. Here, it's more about collaboration and the realization that society is a common ground that needs to be cared for.

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