Comic #2233: 2011-06-25
Description
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Panel 1:
- Character 1: "Madam President… you've invented a time machine?"
- Character 2: "A tachyon receiver. You can't travel. Just transmit information."
Panel 2:
- Character 2: "Our democracy allows citizens one presidential vote every four years. So, technically, there’d be nothing wrong with allowing future people to cast votes in future elections."
Panel 3:
- Character 1: "True… except those future people, having lived through your presidency would know not to vote for you since you used science for evil."
Panel 4:
- Character 1: "Except they already cast their votes for me, so it’s too late."
Panel 5:
- Character 2: "But, if you allow future people to vote, the people from four years from now will be mad. And when they become the people from eight years from now, they will vote against you in the current election."
Panel 6:
- Character 2: "But… if we assume population keeps growing, the smart thing is to get the population from the furthest future time and court them as your constituency."
Panel 7:
- Background characters: "Uhh…"
News Panel:
- Heading: "NEWSNET"
- Text: "President refuses all press meetings, refers to press as 'Flyover Era'".
- Image of a head with various captions: "Distant future constituency calls for lower taxes, more 'delicious human meats.'"
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