Re: Vancean logic

On 8/10/2024 6:35 PM, Mike Van Pelt wrote:

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.

He may well have. He claims to be a 'nerd',
though I find his credentials suspect.
He played Magic, the Gathering as a young
man, but dropped it at 15 when he realized
it made him unattractive to girls.
H claims JRRT is his favorite author.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-finances-reveal-a-lord-of-the-rings-fantasyland
With all that, I'd be quite surprised if
he'd never read Heinlein
pt