"a profound despair gripping the farthest edges of the American empire. A deep-seated resentment festering among a forgotten and unheard people. A paradise once found, but now lost to misery and hopelessness."
"In a hopelessly disempowering landscape, virtue signaling becomes the weapon of choice."
"Like all other U.S. Virgin Islands, the residents of St. Thomas are U.S. citizens — with a twist: they pay taxes, but they’re not entitled to representation. They vote for their local legislature, but not the U.S. president; and they elect a single non-voting delegate to Congress."
Gasp.That sounds gloomy for the seaquatoria project, the fifty first state of the U.S. !
But since we will deliver on our promise to help the freeworld wins over the rogue actors and the rogue "cuntries" who endorse those, I believe we will make one man on vote a reality in the U.S. and fuel the necessary momentum to reform the U.S. constitution as well! It may be a moonshot, but at least we have a roadmap. And you can be part of it, Monica!
I'll try to join you on the phone once if you agree.
It is quite gloomy, Francois. In the U.S. we have different problems: we can vote and be “represented,” but our electoral system lacks transparency. The right to vote is hollow when ballot harvesting runs rampant and third party candidates are forced off ballots through lawfare. But like you, I always maintain hope that we can turn things around!
There is a lot of subjects we can cooperate together on. No man is a prophet in his country. We can use this, in this particular moment of history to push reforms in the U.S. that would otherwise have taken decades or centuries. We can help you bridge the divides, and also solve a few more issues, or at least define a consistent roadmap. One of our eminent team member is a doctor, and a feminist writer from India. You will certainly appreciate her. I'd really love to introduce you to our small team. Thanks Monica!
A timely reminder of the corruption of a uniparty system. See also, perhaps, Chicago (I think you basically said as much). A shame anyone, has to live this way, but especially Americans. Would proper federal representation actually help, or would it just send more money to be mismanaged?
Proper voting representation would be a good start. That would incentivize the federal government to recognize their existence. But what’s also desperately needed is help highlighting what’s happening. The media completely ignores this crisis. If the gross corruption of local government were put front and center for all to see, things would begin to change fast.
I guess one problem of having their own representative is and sense of proportionality ... in general congressmen (Congress person?) represent something like 750k people. Hard to give 100k people the same vote; ironically, easier to give them none.
Logically, we would let each congressman have a vote in proportion to the population of their district, but, that ain't gonna happen.
Very sad. But you see, Monica, the Seaquatoria project will bring jobs, growth and perspective for all those people. The last will be the first, you see.
So well written. Eye opening, shocking, and so disappointing to learn how our government has abandoned them. Thank you
Many thanks, Dana!
This is extraordinarily well written. Thank you.
Thank you for this article Monica. I previously knew basically nothing about this.
Thank you for taking the time to read, Blair 🙏
"a profound despair gripping the farthest edges of the American empire. A deep-seated resentment festering among a forgotten and unheard people. A paradise once found, but now lost to misery and hopelessness."
"In a hopelessly disempowering landscape, virtue signaling becomes the weapon of choice."
"Like all other U.S. Virgin Islands, the residents of St. Thomas are U.S. citizens — with a twist: they pay taxes, but they’re not entitled to representation. They vote for their local legislature, but not the U.S. president; and they elect a single non-voting delegate to Congress."
Gasp.That sounds gloomy for the seaquatoria project, the fifty first state of the U.S. !
But since we will deliver on our promise to help the freeworld wins over the rogue actors and the rogue "cuntries" who endorse those, I believe we will make one man on vote a reality in the U.S. and fuel the necessary momentum to reform the U.S. constitution as well! It may be a moonshot, but at least we have a roadmap. And you can be part of it, Monica!
I'll try to join you on the phone once if you agree.
It is quite gloomy, Francois. In the U.S. we have different problems: we can vote and be “represented,” but our electoral system lacks transparency. The right to vote is hollow when ballot harvesting runs rampant and third party candidates are forced off ballots through lawfare. But like you, I always maintain hope that we can turn things around!
There is a lot of subjects we can cooperate together on. No man is a prophet in his country. We can use this, in this particular moment of history to push reforms in the U.S. that would otherwise have taken decades or centuries. We can help you bridge the divides, and also solve a few more issues, or at least define a consistent roadmap. One of our eminent team member is a doctor, and a feminist writer from India. You will certainly appreciate her. I'd really love to introduce you to our small team. Thanks Monica!
A timely reminder of the corruption of a uniparty system. See also, perhaps, Chicago (I think you basically said as much). A shame anyone, has to live this way, but especially Americans. Would proper federal representation actually help, or would it just send more money to be mismanaged?
Proper voting representation would be a good start. That would incentivize the federal government to recognize their existence. But what’s also desperately needed is help highlighting what’s happening. The media completely ignores this crisis. If the gross corruption of local government were put front and center for all to see, things would begin to change fast.
I guess one problem of having their own representative is and sense of proportionality ... in general congressmen (Congress person?) represent something like 750k people. Hard to give 100k people the same vote; ironically, easier to give them none.
Logically, we would let each congressman have a vote in proportion to the population of their district, but, that ain't gonna happen.
Very sad. But you see, Monica, the Seaquatoria project will bring jobs, growth and perspective for all those people. The last will be the first, you see.