Professor TootsNov 8, 2022
Andrew Stroehlein
🗳️ Vote with your great-grandchildren in mind…

Not knowing:

🤠 what they'll look like…

🗣️ what language they'll speak…

🛐 what religion they'll be…

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 who they may marry…

🌐 where they'll live & work…

🌍 And assume they'll need a habitable planet to live on.
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Show threadAndrew StroehleinNov 7, 2022

All of my great-grandparents were born in countries that no longer exist today.

All of them spoke a mother tongue different to mine.

We have no idea what our descendants will be like or what they’ll need.

To help them now, the only safe bet is to help create a fairer, more livable world for everyone.

👉 A world based on universal human rights.

Show threadJose GarciaNov 7, 2022
@andrewstroehlein A good chunk of Spain didn't speak "Spanish" in the 19th century.
Show threadPiers YoungJan 30, 2023
@Jollyspaniard @andrewstroehlein I’d no idea - what did they speak?
Show threadJose GarciaFeb 1, 2023
@Piersyoung @andrewstroehlein Spain had about 7 different languages. All Latin based
Show threadLuc DockendorfNov 7, 2022
@andrewstroehlein That’s beautiful and true, Andrew. I raise my glass to a world based on the recognition that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights – and that it’s our job to make sure that they remain so.
Show threadund_mamuNov 8, 2022

@lucdockendorf @andrewstroehlein
I must say - this place has a different feeling/vibe than twitter. I feel like surrounded by intellectual people with healthy empathy.

I asked on reddit - how will you celebrate your 100 birthday - and answers were gothic.

And here you all are giving wonderful replies.

Show threadLuc DockendorfNov 18, 2022
@und_mamu @andrewstroehlein thank you! Also, I feel like things are moving at a more leisurely pace here. One doesn’t feel obliged to quick-fire responses like on the other website.
Show threadAndrew StroehleinNov 18, 2022
@lucdockendorf @und_mamu What do mean!?!?
Show threadLuc DockendorfNov 18, 2022
@andrewstroehlein @und_mamu I can of course only speak for myself here.
Show threadund_mamuNov 29, 2022

@andrewstroehlein @lucdockendorf

The answers I got were pessimistic. Most people don't believe and don't want to live till 100. Only one or two said they will be playing with grandchildren.

Show threadLeonardo Di OttioNov 8, 2022

@andrewstroehlein I heard a great story on the radio once by someone whose grandparents had lived in four countries but had always lived in the same village.

They were born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Show threadNick FraserNov 8, 2022
@LeonardoDiOttio @andrewstroehlein Puts me in mind of Norman Davies’ ‘Vanished Kingdoms’, book I read a few years ago.
Show threaddr jamesbicycleNov 8, 2022
It's today for people arriving here and many places. It's my parents' generation for me. We're one human family.
@andrewstroehlein
Show threadJulio 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇺 🇪🇸 🇺🇸Nov 9, 2022
@andrewstroehlein YES!!!!
Show threadAnnie RadetzkyNov 9, 2022
@andrewstroehlein This strikes a chord. Two of my GGPs were in a similar position, stateless and with Nansen passports. Fortunately the UK was more welcoming then.
Show threadⰎⰅ ⰀⰍⰨⰒⰎⰫNov 7, 2022
@andrewstroehlein Instead of voting, I'll start a family and make sure to pass on the values that my spouse and I have, just like my great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents did. Then I won't need to vote for any sleazy old politician, because my family's future won't be in the government's hands.
Show threadMatthew Moore, JD MPHNov 7, 2022
@andrewstroehlein very Rawlsian. I like it!
Show threadLyndall LeyNov 7, 2022
@andrewstroehlein a bit on edge about the US elections - hope enough of them vote this way
Show threadRuth BNov 7, 2022
@andrewstroehlein I always do think about my grandkids and what their children will be and vote looking at their possibilities!
Show threadsandyknauerNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein May I have permission to screenshot and share with my friends and family not here (yet), on closed Facebook account? If so, I will be grateful and do you want your name included?
Show threadAndrew StroehleinNov 8, 2022
@Sandyknauer Sure, no problem. And happy to be named. Thanks for sharing!
Show threadsandyknauerNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein ❣️ thank you!
Show threadJusboomrNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein
Show threadDr HeatherNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein well said. Really underscores just how much is on the line tomorrow…
Show threadKaj AmmNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein Yes 100% agree.
Show threadKachenaNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein
Absolutely!! 
Show threadKwigglebikeNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein Very well said!
Show threadSusana, La ManchiqueraNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein vote like their lives will depend upon it !
Show threadMichael BurgessNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein They're screwed.
Show threadgeoff332Nov 8, 2022

@andrewstroehlein
That sounds a lot like Rawls veil of ignorance!

But I like your way of putting it. It makes it less a sterile thought experiment and more tangible. It puts more skin in the game.

Show threadWedgeNov 8, 2022
@andrewstroehlein I wish more people understood this.... it seems like some people vote as if it will only effect their team's "season" now.