[ExI] This is my last post to the Extropian List

[Anton Sherwood]

 > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 11:45 PM Anton Sherwood wrote:
 >     "You don't vote for kings!"

On 2021-2-05 20:59, Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat wrote:
 > ### Yes, in Poland you do!
 >
 > Poland had an elective monarchy for more than two hundred years,
 > with noblemen and gentry (about 10% of the population) electing
 > a king for life.

The Holy Roman Emperor was elected by a subset of the princes; at one 
point the electors were three archbishops and four kings, but I gather 
that the franchise was extended some before the Empire was dissolved in 
~1806.  In practice they nearly always elected a Habsburg, because no 
one really wanted the job.

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