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From: Mike Van Pelt <usenet@mikevanpelt.com>
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Subject: Re: Vancean logic
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 22:35:13 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <a2f00df5-c717-499d-a9a0-13513ca03c68@sympatico.ca>,
Joel Polowin  <jpolowin@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>"Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give 
>control over those votes to the parents of those children.

One of Heinlein's essays touched on this.  I think the "extra 
vote per child" was a part of the "only women vote" variation.
Other variations were "You get to vote if you can solve a
custom generated for you quadratic equation with integer roots",
"You get extra votes for certain quantifiable contributions
to the betterment of mankind."

I wonder if J.D. Vance has read Heinlein.

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