you would pick governments whose policies you like
No I wouldn’t (nor would he) usually because the very high expected personal cost of switching governments will usually swamp the considerations you speak of.
I was joking, but taking it seriously: I was thinking about voting effectively; do you mean changing country?
Yes, I meant changing country or US state.
It’s pretty bad that I didn’t consider the possibility you were joking.
No I wouldn’t (nor would he) usually because the very high expected personal cost of switching governments will usually swamp the considerations you speak of.
I was joking, but taking it seriously: I was thinking about voting effectively; do you mean changing country?
Yes, I meant changing country or US state.
It’s pretty bad that I didn’t consider the possibility you were joking.