“I know people who arrive on the 11th and are leaving Taiwan on the 12th, just to vote — that is not very rational!” says
@poscwty
, the professor
@FandMCollege
. “But.. compared to the possibility of losing democracy, spending $1,000 on a plane ticket doesn’t seem that costly.”
I wrote about some of the thousands of Taiwanese who travel back to Taiwan from all over the world, at great financial cost, just to cast a single ballot in
#TaiwanElections
today. Thanks a lot to all interviewees & to
@poscwty
for sharing her insights!